Very Long Battery Life For Your Very Own PC
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by: jackwendalek
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One mistake that you may be doing is having settings on your computer that do not work toward power saving. Most of the operating systems would offer an icon where you could decide to choose a power saving plan that would ensure that power consumption for your computer is kept as minimal as it can get when it is not plugged in to AC power. Screen brightness is one of the ways one could save energy and thus extend the extent to which you use power on the battery. It would be important to keep the screen dim.
Another application that should be turned off if it is not in use is the wireless card. The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are quite energy consumers and hence should be off when the computer is plugged in to AC power. This is quite simple as most computers have a dedicated button for this. If you are in use of older computers you may need to remove the wireless card manually, but you have to ensure that you follow the manual's instructions in doing so.
In order to save power, it would be nice to turn off the tasks that are scheduled to run automatically at times that were set earlier. You could instruct the computer to turn the off automatically if the computer is not on AC power. There also certain uses of the computer that are particularly demanding of the computer's battery and it would be best of you do not use them when you are using the power of the battery. These include things such as watching a DVD movie, playing online games or multitasking, for example working while listening to music in the computer. You should also ensure that the tools that are running on the notification bar are kept at a minimum. You could customize these so as to have only those that you deem appropriate at the time you are using the computer.
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