5 Tips to extend your Laptop Battery life

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:13:48 +0000

If you have ever been in a scenario where you have an important deadline to meet but only 8% battery Brisbane life remaining on your laptop, you will be able to understand the stress and frustration that your laptop can cause. Fortunately, there are ways that you can extend the life of your laptop battery. In today’s blog post, our highly trained staff at Battery Central will provide you with 5 great tips that you can use the next time you need to stretch out the remaining battery power on your laptop.

Exit unnecessary programs

This one is a fairly simple tip, but it is highly effective. Quiet often on many computers (especially PC’s) your computer will continue to run programs in the background well after you think you have exited them. These running programs force your computer to use more CPU, and therefore more power. Give it a go, try exiting them.

Turn off Bluetooth and Wifi

In another simple but effective effort to save power, try turning off any WiFi or Bluetooth connections unless they are needed.

Watching Movies the right way

If you are planning on going on a long plane trip and you are unsure whether there will be charging facilities available, prepare yourself and your movie collection by installing them on your computer on an external hard drive. The physical action of spinning a CD or DVD is quiet heavy on power consumption.

Use your Battery!

Quiet often, people neglect to use their batteries as often as they should. A battery is similar to a car, as if it is left sitting idle in a dusty garage its performance will drastically reduce.

Dim your screen

In the ultimate method to squeeze every last drop out of your laptop battery life, try dimming your screen as low as you can (without straining your eyes!).

In today’s blog post, our team of highly trained and professional staff at Battery Central has once again provided you with some in-depth knowledge of all things battery Brisbane related. If you require any more tips or would like to purchase a new battery, simply give our team a call today on 1300 008 299.

When should you replace your car battery?

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:58:40 +0000

If you were to look at a brand new car, chances are that you would start thinking about how nice it looked, or about how much power this model had under the hood. Car technology is evolving at such a rapid rate, that it is surprising to think that one thing has barely changed over the past 100 years – the car Battery Brisbane. Lead-acid car batteries are definitely the underdogs of any automobile. No matter how fast you drive your car or how much abuse it takes from being exposed to the weather, your car battery will nearly always be reliable. Unfortunately, car batteries do have a limited life and require changing after prolonged use.

Depending on a number of factors including your location, usage and the quality of the battery itself, the average life for a standard car battery tends to be around four years. At about the three year mark, it is highly recommended that you start thinking about getting your battery checked. This is a simple test that basically provides a snapshot of the current battery quality. Batteries have a really bad habit of dying at the most inconvenient moments, such as the morning of a big meeting or before picking the kids up from school. You can either wait for this to happen, or change the battery on your own terms when you have the time to spare.

Our team at Battery Central are able to provide a wide range of car batteries, and supply multiple brands at the lowest price. We also have a highly trained team of car Battery Brisbane experts, who are able to provide professional advice and help you choose between brand name batteries and our own premium car batteries. To find out more, simply give us a call today on 1300 008 299.