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Surface 2 Windows RT 8.1

Started by Shiron , Aug 06 2014 10:32 AM

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#1 Shiron

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Posted 06 August 2014 - 10:32 AM

Is it harmful to run my surface 2 windows rt 8.1 using ac instead of the battery?
I was told "somewhere" it could harm the battery and I should run ac ONLY to recharge the battery.
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#2 zingo156

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Posted 06 August 2014 - 11:10 AM

In short: No.

I have heard that you may burn through charge cycles faster leaving a device plugged in all of the time, I have not confirmed this. All lithium batteries have a certain number of charge cycles before they should be replaced (draining to 0 and recharging to 100% is 1 cycle).

I have not had any problems with any batteries even when I left them plugged in most of the time.

Decent article here: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

Edited by zingo156, 06 August 2014 - 11:13 AM.

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