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  • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Tried that for a while. The battery turned into a spicy pillow and nearly broke the keyboard from how much it puffed out.

    If you do that, make sure the laptop has a feature to keep the battery from charging to 100% at all times. UPSs with lead acid batteries handle sitting at 100% much better.

    • Druid@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      Alternatively, you can remove the battery and have the laptop plugged into a charger 24/7. I did that a while ago for my laptop server and it’s been working great. I need to watch to not move the carpet it stands on (on a separate stand) too much since the connection is a little flimsy, but I’ve not had to deal with random shutdowns because of that at all yet.