BatteryBar<\/h3>\n
Lightweight toolbar utility that gives fast access to battery information.<\/strong><\/p>\n A free\u00a0tool to help you\u00a0recalibrate your battery gauge via intentional discharge cycling.<\/strong><\/p>\n To keep your battery working as well as it can, it\u2019s important to understand the best practices with regards\u00a0to discharge. Experts suggest that you shouldn\u2019t let your battery drain completely, as it can cause long-term damage to it. Instead, it\u2019s best to let it drain partially and recharge frequently.<\/p>\n This sort of cycling can sometimes make it difficult for the battery\u2019s gauge to accurately keep track of just how much energy it\u2019s storing, which can lead to battery readouts being inaccurate. BatteryCare addresses\u00a0this problem\u00a0and also offers\u00a0more general information about the battery and its capacity. By charging your battery completely, then draining it to the lowest safe level, you can recalibrate your battery gauge and ensure your readout is as accurate as possible.<\/p>\n Built-in battery tool for the latest\u00a0version of the Windows OS.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Battery Saver<\/strong> panel in the Settings<\/strong> app also features a useful\u00a0Battery usage<\/strong> section.\u00a0Rather than covering the status of your Dell inspiron 640m battery<\/a> like the other tools covered in this article, it lays out the respective amounts that the system, the screen and Wi-Fi\u00a0are consuming your battery life. It won\u2019t give you the same idea of what\u2019s happening to your battery in the long-term as other tools will, but it can be a very illuminating way of looking at the short-term effects of your computer usage on its battery.<\/p>\n Spartan utility presents battery capacity and discharge rate as a graph.<\/strong><\/p>\n Over time,\u00a0the performance of your laptop battery will begin to diminish.\u00a0All sorts of factors can contribute to this process, so it\u2019s important to stay abreast \u00a0of any changes as they\u2019re going on. BatteryMon makes that easy, by monitoring your laptop\u2019s battery capacity and discharge rate and presenting a graph of its findings to you in real time.<\/p>\n This tool will help you monitor the health of your laptop\u2019s battery in the long term. By using its logging functionality to keep records of your battery\u2019s performance, the Dyson DC35 Battery<\/a>\u2019s current capacity can be compared to data collected in the past \u2014\u00a0for that reason, it\u2019s best to start using BatteryMon as early in your battery\u2019s lifespan as possible, so you have readings from throughout its life to compare with one another.<\/p>\n Straightforward tool that provides plenty of battery information in a lightweight package.<\/strong><\/p>\n BatteryInfoView is the very definition of a no-frills utility. It\u2019s a tiny piece of freeware that simply gives you some essential information about your laptop\u2019s battery, and does so in a very straightforward\u00a0\u2014 if a little\u00a0dated \u2014 format. The tool is split into two primary components. The first is a screen that presents information like the current capacity of your battery\u00a0and\u00a0its wear level. The other is an ongoing log of the bare essentials; power state, capacity, capacity value, rate, and voltage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"acer-travelmate-4200-battery\"](\"http:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/acer-travelmate-4200-battery.png\")
<\/a>Your toolbar already contains a battery icon, but it gives you a minimal amount of information compared to some of the alternatives in this article. BatteryBar provides a good compromise, delivering the most important figures at an instant, without taking up too much space on your screen or hogging resources. For the most part, it\u2019s just a slightly larger battery icon \u2014 but click on it and you\u2019ll be presented with important data like your overall capacity and the level of wear your battery has already endured.<\/p>\nBatteryCare<\/h3>\n
Windows 10 Battery Saver<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>If you\u2019re running Windows 10, you\u2019ll have access to a new battery tool that was amongst the new additions\u00a0to the new version of the new OS. To access it, you\u2019ll need to open the Settings<\/strong> app \u2014 there\u2019s a handy shortcut to do that, just press Windows + I<\/strong>. Then, navigate to System > Battery Saver > Battery Saver Settings<\/strong>, tick the box and select the desired battery level for the function to kick in at.<\/p>\nBatteryMon<\/h3>\n
BatteryInfoView<\/h3>\n