How Do I Make My Batteries Last Longer?
Do you wait to charge your phones battery until it's close to dying? If you do- surprise! You're doing it wrong. Want more SciShow in person? We'll be at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston on...
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So many of the devices we use every day have batteries and it seems like everyone has their own rituals for making them last Some people store them in the fridge or unplug as soon as the battery is charged or even insist on only charging when the battery is on the brink of dying. But when it comes to charging the batteries in things like your phone and laptop, it turns out that many of these strategies don't do very much. And some are actually counter productive. Batteries work using electrons that try to flow between electrodes. But they're blocked by an electrolyte, which only lets charges flow when the two sides are directly connected by wires. Once all the electrons have reached the positive electrode, the battery is considered discharged, mea...
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So many of the devices we use every day have batteries and it seems like everyone has their own rituals for making them last Some people store them in the fridge or unplug as soon as the battery is charged or even insist on only charging when the battery is on the brink of dying. But when it comes to charging the batteries in things like your phone and laptop, it turns out that many of these strategies don't do very much. And some are actually counter productive. Batteries work using electrons that try to flow between electrodes. But they're blocked by an electrolyte, which only lets charges flow when the two sides are directly connected by wires. Once all the electrons have reached the positive electrode, the battery is considered discharged, mea...
