new battery conditioning

Question

hi just got a new Dell battery , must i charge > run flat or vice versa

ejn63 · Answer

Never run a lithium battery completely down.  Just charge and use normally.

Bassman12350 · Answer

With lithium-ion batteries, the best way to condition them (and what I do with my Latitude 7490) is to run the computer on battery alone until its down to about 15% (just before the computer 'suggests' you plug in the adapter) and let it charge to full capacity.  Repeat this a couple of times and the battery should be 'conditioned'.

icantchooseone · Answer

this site doesnt send email notification , i had to refresh , thanks , many google searches say this https://itstillworks.com/break-new-laptop-battery-6793744.html

ilian359 · Answer

The forum does not let me use dirty words to comment the article above.

Draining before first charge is good for NiMH batteries, but not appropriate for modern Lithium-based batteries.

Anytime during their life cycle they must not stay drained. This will kill them very fast.

icantchooseone · Answer

ilian   this site doesnt send email notifications , i had to refresh the page now to see your post, numerous sources including dell support say drain, charge , repeat

icantchooseone · Answer

thank you , please escalate this site no longer sends email notifications

icantchooseone · Answer

Chris when i get a PM from dell i click it and have a horrible tiny view of their PM

DELL-Chris M · Answer

For some reason, your subcription notifications were turned off? We have turned them back on.

icantchooseone · Answer

thank you

DELL-Chris M · Answer

I do not see anyway to adjust that box.

icantchooseone · Answer

yeah thats my point - its a pain to navigate the PM.

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