Q1: What does 3 cell, 6 cell means we said normally? Is it related to the battery capacity?
A1: 3 cell, 6 cell means the battery cell amount in the battery. The more batteries cells, the greater capacity of the battery, and also the longer use time.
Q2: How many kinds of the laptop batteries?
A2: It is mainly divided to nickel-cadmium battery, Ni-H battery, Li-ion battery. They always show as Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, Li. Recent years, a kind of fuel battery appears in laptop field. The present laptop commonly use Li-ion battery, but seldom model still use the obsolete Ni-MH battery, consumers can identify this from the sign on the batteries.
Q3: Why the manufacturers only implement 1 year guarantee policy for the battery?
A3: Li-ion battery working life is very short. Normal Li-ion can only charge 400-600 times. After special improvement battery also can’t exceed more than 800 times, it turns to obsolete after 2 years working life.
Q4: Why do the batteries can’t be use reach to the nominal time which announced by the manufacturers?
A4: The test condition is different. Some manufacturers use 8 cell battery to do test, but supply battery users 6 cell battery, some manufacturers close all the programs, turn down the LCD screen brightness, ban to using high power interface and other measures to test the working life, but it is can’t be reach in the daily life. And some other manufacturers only use the software to do test, but software test may cause error.
Q5: What should be take notice for the using and storing of the battery?
A5: Users should pay attention to below points:
J The battery should be charge full over 8 hours in the beginning charging process to activate the Li-ion battery sufficiently.
J The battery can not be discharge excessively.
J It is better not to use the battery when use the AC adapter at the same time.
J Storing attentive points: The battery should be take out to charge at least once monthly, It is inadvisable to store the battery when the battery is full, it is good to charge only 40% - 50% for the storing purpose, last but not least, the battery should be put in the dry and shade places.
