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1. It’s ok to keep laptop plugged in, even at 100% battery 2. Keep temperature as low as possible, maintain airflow 3. Avoid fast chargers
Isn't this primarily due to heat produced? Aka cool fast charging is better than warm slow charging.
I seem to remember a tweet I think by Mishaal Rahman (or another android journalist) on this.
1. It’s ok to keep laptop plugged in, even at 100% battery 2. Keep temperature as low as possible, maintain airflow 3. Avoid fast chargers
I wish more devices offered a way to enable a “slow charge” mode. When I’m plugging my laptop into my dock to work for the next 8 hours it doesn’t need fast charging. When I’m plugging my phone in before bed to charge for the next 8 hours it doesn’t need fast charging.
I wish I could find this information for LFP batteries. There’s a lot out there, but it’s all mixed with advice for LiPo; I can’t find anything I trust to tell me the optimal voltages for maximum lifetime.
I wish I could find this information for LFP batteries. There’s a lot out there, but it’s all mixed with advice for LiPo; I can’t find anything I trust to tell me the optimal voltages for maximum lifetime.
Even though a lower voltage prolongs the battery, you have to charge to 100% regularly to help the BMS. Thankfully the LFP chemistry doesn’t seem to mind high state of charge as much.
As a popular source, Tesla recommends to daily charge the LFP batteries to 100%.
1. It’s ok to keep laptop plugged in, even at 100% battery 2. Keep temperature as low as possible, maintain airflow 3. Avoid fast chargers
> 3. Avoid fast chargers Isn't this primarily due to heat produced? Aka cool fast charging is better than warm slow charging. I seem to remember a tweet I think by Mishaal Rahman (or another android journalist) on this.
1. It’s ok to keep laptop plugged in, even at 100% battery 2. Keep temperature as low as possible, maintain airflow 3. Avoid fast chargers
[1] https://academy.covalentmetrology.com/wp-content/uploads/Bat...
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> 3. Avoid fast chargers Isn't this primarily due to heat produced? Aka cool fast charging is better than warm slow charging. I seem to remember a tweet I think by Mishaal Rahman (or another android journalist) on this.
Yes that's absolutely the case. So it just depends on how good the cooling system is. For a phone, it has no active cooling system. For an electric vehicle, almost all manufacturers (except Nissan Leaf) have adopted active cooling and you can expect them to do a good job activating adequate cooling for the battery.
For example, Tesla has a pre-heat function for their cars' batteries that can be used prior to charging.
https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-F907200...
1. It’s ok to keep laptop plugged in, even at 100% battery 2. Keep temperature as low as possible, maintain airflow 3. Avoid fast chargers
>1. It’s ok to keep laptop plugged in, even at 100% battery It might be "ok" to keep it plugged in at 100%, but if your laptop has a "battery conservation" mode that limits the charge to 80% (or similar), that's even better.
https://github.com/AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Charge-Limiter
I keep my MBA at 60% since it basically never goes for more than a couple hours within being plugged in.
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Yes that's absolutely the case. So it just depends on how good the cooling system is. For a phone, it has no active cooling system. For an electric vehicle, almost all manufacturers (except Nissan Leaf) have adopted active cooling and you can expect them to do a good job activating adequate cooling for the battery.
In absolute terms, cooler isn't always better. For example, Tesla has a pre- heat function for their cars' batteries that can be used prior to charging. https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-F907200...