1. regarding your concern about your current battery, One of the biggest disadvantages with using battery powered products is that batteries have a limited lifespan. Expanding a battery's lifespan is an area in which manufacturers of laptops, hybrid cars, and cell phones are constantly working on. Lithium-ion batteries tend to overheat and last about 750 charges, (which means your battery will last about 3years).
2. regarding battery replacement, its voltage, and runtime, Every laptop battery is given a power rating in order to show you, the consumer, about how long your battery should last before it needs to be recharged. These electrical specifications are given using volts (V) and milliAmps (mAh). For example, you may see your battery is given a rating of: 10.8V, 4000mAh. Volts and milliAmp hours are used because they measure the amount of energy used by a laptop battery. A volt (V) is a measurement used for the amount of pressure the positive and negative electrodes produce in a battery during the process of discharging energy. Amps (A) measure the amount of resistance the energy in your battery produces in order to power a laptop. Think of volts and amps in terms of a shower. When a shower is turned on half way, the water that goes through the pipe produces a certain amount of pressure. When you turn it on to its full amount, the water produces more pressure in the pipe. This pressure, or power, is similar to the volts a battery uses. If a laptop is running simple programs, little power is needed to discharge energy into a laptop. However, if a laptop is running a DVD movie or other high energy consumption applications, more power will be needed to discharge the necessary amount of energy to run the DVD movie. You may also notice that increasing the size of the pipe and shower head without having to open the faucet all the way will produce similar results. This is an example of the amount of resistance in the flow of energy. Measuring this resistance is measured in terms of amps. In terms of a battery, the amount of resistance is dependant on the size of the battery and the amount of energy inside. Battery life: A Few Things to Consider Laptop ratings are given in terms of amp hours (Ah). Amp hours measure the length of time a battery will discharge energy before it needs charging. In order to adequately measure battery life, manufacturers use milliAmp hours (mAh). This means that every 1000mAh is equal to 1Ah. What does this mean for your new battery? If your original battery is measured at 2500mAh and your replacement battery is measured at 5000mAh, then your battery run time will double. Keep in mind that technology constantly changes. Your old battery may be rated at a lower run time than a newer one because of technological advancements that have produced longer lasting batteries. Additionally, your battery's run time depends on the programs you use. Some programs require more energy to run than others. Examples are: the screen (particularly if set at the brightest setting), hard drives, CD and DVD drives, and wireless network cards. Unfortunately, there is no definite answer to the question, how long exactly will my laptop battery last? The key factor is how and what you use your laptop for. you cannot fit 8 cells or 9 cells battery into a 6 cells battery laptop design. remember that, voltage remains constant and mAh varies. so, more the values of mAh, mor will be the battery runtime (backup time). On 10/3/13, austin pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > I have a dell inspiron mini 1012 netbook which is over 3 years old > from yesterday if I go to the notifications area then to the battery > icon or the icon which tells me how much battery is charged or > discharged nvda reads a message consider replacing your battery is > this message true? > Should I really consider replacing my battery? > If yes these are my battery specs > Battery name dell vxy2102n. > Manufacture simplo. > Serial number 11 > Full charge capacity 57720. > Voltage 12865 millivolts. > 6 cell lithium ion. > I gave you all the details because I want to know the following. > 1. If I get a new battery can I get more hours from it if I get a > battery with more full charge capacity or more voltage? I also was > considering getting a 8 cell battery but I think the battery will be > too big to fit in the bay if I can get a battery with more full charge > capacity or more voltage how much will be the maximum that I can get > without harming my computer > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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