Software to monitor Laptop Battery's health?

bluevolt

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I own a six month old Sony Vaio E series VPCEH25EN laptop. It's battery gives a good backup of over 2 hours.


Now I want to know how to monitor the health of the battery and how to maximize the life of the battery.


I did installed a software called batterybar which shows the percentage of battery wear and my battery status is as - 6.6% weared of 45,000 mWh. This was 4 % last month but now it is 6.6% within one month.


Many people advise me to switch off the charger after the battery charge light goes off but I guess battery should itself stop charging after completion of charge?


Please give some tips for maximising it's life.


Also is there any way by which i can set a cut off point by which the battery stops charging after reaching certain percentage like 99.5% by using any software?
 
Don't think too much about battery. Just make sure that you switch on that battery care option in vaio control center. It stops charging battery to 100%, which in the long run will help in battery efficiency.

Fyi I own a EB26FB, it's 3yr old this July and it is still giving me 1.5hr on its puny 36w/hr battery.
 
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