{"id":2855,"date":"2019-05-29T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2019-05-24T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:30:13","slug":"is-it-true-that-keeping-your-battery-between-40-and-80-makes-your-battery-have-a-longer-lifespan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/29\/is-it-true-that-keeping-your-battery-between-40-and-80-makes-your-battery-have-a-longer-lifespan\/","title":{"rendered":"“Is it true that keeping your battery between 40% and 80% makes your battery have a longer lifespan?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yes, absolutely, although the usual rule is 80\/20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A li-ion battery is stressed the most during the top and bottom 20% of its charging range; and the closer to 100% or 0% you get, the greater the stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, charging from 99% to 100% is way harder on a battery than charging from 49% to 50%, even though both deliver 1% charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(You can feel it in the excess heat the battery produces when it’s charged very high or discharged very low). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s fine to use the full capacity of your battery when you need it \u2014 that’s what it’s there for. But when you can, stop charging at around 80%, more or less, and start recharging at around 20%, more or less, and your battery will age less rapidly, compared to routine full charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes, absolutely, although the usual rule is 80\/20. A li-ion battery is stressed the most during the top and bottom 20% of its charging range; and the closer to 100% or 0% you get, the greater the stress. 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