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Toshiba laptop C55D-B35310

Jan 23, 2015 10:50PM PST

Just bought a SatellitC55D-B35310, the battery is fixed (screwed in) to the casing.
Do we need to keep disconnecting the battery once it's charged up to stop it from continually wanting to charge when it reaches 100%?

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(NT) No
Jan 23, 2015 11:23PM PST
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Battery charging.
Jan 24, 2015 12:26AM PST

Ok, well, No-New! isn't much of an answer, .. what I mean is, the computer is new, the battery's been fully charged and down to 10% dischared x 4 times already, Toshiba have screwed this in permenently, has to be unscrewed to get it out, the question is, wouldn't it just be best to leave it out instead of having it charging all the time?
I don't know why Toshiba would have made a battery like this, normally a laptop battery just unclips easily....

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Ask Toshiba - you'll get the same answer
Jan 24, 2015 12:46AM PST

You can ask Toshiba at their web site, but they'll tell you the same thing. I don't know where you got that idea.

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As the Battery University article points out...
Jan 24, 2015 1:23AM PST

...it's the charge/discharge cycle that wears the battery out. It goes on to point out that your battery can wear out after 300 such cycles. If they aren't worn out after 300 cycles, the amount of time they'll work on a given charge will be severely reduced. To avoid wearing the battery out, that's what you should avoid. Additionally one of the articles in your list is 2010 vintage; that's forever in the world of technology. I have a 4+ year old Toshiba laptop and the original battery still works because I use the AC power most of the time. As Willy points out, the charger in modern laptops stops charging when the battery is fully charged. While the idea of overcharging still applies to the car battery chargers you might buy at Target, it hasn't applied to laptop batteries for a number of years now.
Old ideas seem to die hard in the tech business. I see a lot of folks here who still think you should run registry cleaners when the opposite is the case. They're counter-productive.

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The ABC Rule.
Jan 24, 2015 1:33AM PST

With the charger circuits doing much better than a decade ago the rule I use is ABC. Always Be Charging. This keeps the charge cycles to a minimum as the battery is kept from being used.

My newer laptops allow a battery life extender that sets the charge level at less than 100% and looks very smart in letting it drop a lot before topping off.

However there are folk that must fret over this.

For me, it's ABC.
Bob

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Battery
Jan 24, 2015 12:46AM PST

It maybe this battery wasn't intended to be replaced as this series are "non-replaceable". As for charging, it's suppose to kick-off once its charged. The battery itself should last for some as the demands aren't that heavy compared to older laptops. However, if you can actually remove it, no doubt it can be replaced. Being "screwed-in" pretty much is intended to make it remain in place. As laptops go, most users keep them for 3yrs. then move on, reflecting the typical of use many a laptop, IMHO so it can last longer and still benefit the user or next.

tada -----Willy Happy

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Battery-new!
Jan 24, 2015 12:52AM PST

Yes, thanx Willy. I guessed as much, .. my older Toshiba (L655D) still has a great battery, after 6 years, have always kept it cool and at 40% charge, 6years old and still going great.

With the newer Toshiba model, was just wondering if the battery would just try to be kept trying to charge, or would it stop charging after 100% reached?

New batteries for this model are @$54.00, so just trying to get as much life out of it as possible!...

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The charge issue was one over a decade ago.
Jan 24, 2015 1:08AM PST

Today's designs are quite good but you will find clients that fret and more. They shouldn't buy such a model because no matter what you tell them they fret.
Bob

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(NT) Now you see why ABC helps.
Jan 24, 2015 2:58AM PST