Hello fellow steemians, my topic today is about battery cells. Actually, i don't know about other regions, but in my region, it's very obvious that the way people use electronic gadgets and its batteries are not the way manufacturers stated it in their manual guides and this is seriously affecting our electronic devices especially cellphones, tablets, notebooks and laptops. The improper battery maintenance is not everyone tho, but to majority. Like 70%.
I do hear people complain about cellphone battery voltage drop. Saying that "when I first bought the phone, the battery lasted 22 hours but now it's not even up to 14 hours and this is just 8 months of it purchase". They will now round it up saying "oh God! This phone brand is not good". While others would say, "the phone brand is good but the battery for this model ain't good."
This is how some users talk ill about many phone brands with their ignorance of not knowing how to properly maintain a battery health. They are not to be blamed anyway, because in life everyone is ignorant of something. Nobody knows all except God. We would only understand what we are exposed to or being taught. Any other thing not being taught or exposed to, we might not get the understanding.
Those statements above are not assumptions but what many people say in my region. I have experienced lots from people about this topic.
Improper Maintenance Of Battery Cells
Usage of Unspecified charger
There are many that falls under this category. Some just thought you can use any charger for any cellphones in as much it's charging. I have seen several cases like this. But for me, I'm not always okay seeing something going inappropriate. Seeing people like this, I always ignore their ignorance, move closer to them and explain how they could properly maintained their battery's health. Most people I explain to always finds it interesting knowing the secret behind battery strength longevity.
Just always wondering, how many people would I explain this to on getting the logic of battery rules, so I decided to make this article to go on a wide range.
I have also realised that, improper maintenance of battery cells doesn't concern if you are a learned person or not. As a matter of fact, I have seen many learned persons fall victim on this category. I have seen someone use 0.3amps charger to charge battery cell of 4000mAh. This is inappropriate! I have seen someone use charger having output of 300mAh to charge battery cell of 3000 mAh. I have also seen someone working a two way charger having output of 0.3amps to charge two phones. Each phone having battery capacity of 1050mAh. This is definitely a problem for both battery cells.
If this type of battery maintenance should continue, what would happen to the battery's health in 10 months won't be funny. The battery will become weak, then deteriorate.
Possible Solution Using Wrong Chargers
Every phone brand has a specified charger for a specific model type. If a charger should get spoilt, it should be replaced immediately and not use other phone brand charger to charge, this might affect battery's health due to ratings. If a charger get spoilt and want to buy another, there are two important things to be considered.
Charger Amps (output).
mAh of cell battery to be used for.
The balancing must be well understood. Phone model A charger shouldn't be used for model B charger. If this is done, it might affect the battery's health because model A charger might be powerful or less than model B which might result to over charging or less.
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Cellphones specified charger must be use according to the instructions from phone manufacturers because the charger that came with the phone has the correct rating. Or better still, use the third-party charger below if it's approved by your phone manufacturer.
- A battery capacity of 2000mAh should have a charger output of 0.8-1amp or 800-1000mAh. With this, the battery cell would be fully charged from 0% to 100% in 1.5 hours.
- A battery capacity of 3000mAh should have a charger output of 2amps or 2000mAh. With this, the battery cell would be fully charged from 0% to 100% in 1.5 or 2 hours.
- A battery capacity of 4000mAh should have a charger output of 2.5amps or 2500mAh. With this, the battery cell would be fully charged from 0% to 100% in 2 hours.
- A battery capacity of 5000mAh should have a charger output of 3amps or 3000mAh. With this, the battery cell would be fully charged from 0% to 100% in 2 hours.
- A battery capacity of 6020mAh should have a charger output of 3.5amps or 3500mAh. With this, the battery cell would be fully charged from 0% to 100% in 2 or 2.5 hours.
Further Improper Maintenance Of Battery Cells
Short Circuit
Most people doesn't consider this method as a problem. Meanwhile, it's one of it. People are fond of doing this to test if their is current available in the battery cell.
In a simple term, a short circuit means when a single wire is used to touch both positive and negative terminals at the same time OR a double wire from the battery, one from negative and other from positive touch each other. If this is done, it would cause extreme current flow in the power source and might destroy the battery cells.
Charging overnight
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Majority are involve in this. Though it's not that harmful to battery cells, but it's one of its problem in a long run. If this is done continuously, it would reduce it life span very slowly and that's why it's a problem in a long run.
If this would be a problem in future why not try avoid it if you can? At least, you might have seen your phone fully charged before going to bed.
Conclusion
Proper maintenance of battery cells should be put to action always and not JUST maintain battery health as one desires but follow battery rules according to manufacturers. If all these precautions can be taken into consideration, then, every phone users would definitely enjoy their cellphones because battery is the power house of a phone no matter how fancy or expensive the phone may be.
Thank you for your time!
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References
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/expert-advice-on-how-to-avoid-destroying-your-phones-battery/
https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobile-phone/charge-phone-properly-3619623/
https://lifehacker.com/5875162/how-often-should-i-charge-my-gadgets-battery-to-prolong-its-lifespan
https://www.sciencealert.com/how-to-charge-phone-battery-to-last-longer-advice-science
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