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Need help improving battery life (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/linuxmint@programming.dev

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Supposedly, this ASUS Zenbook 14 should get up to 6 hours of battery life on Win11, but it drains from 80 to 25% in a few hours of just browsing. How can I improve it?

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, I have indeed been successfully using TLP to limit battery charging to 80% but I haven't looked into what else it can do. Thanks for the reminder that it does more than just do that, haha. I guess I'll poke around to see if it can help reduce the depletion rate.

[–] lightrain@forum.storstad.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

AFAIK one should also drain the battery to zero once a month and charge it fully (100%!) to recalibrate the battery capacity.

You can and should use then the device to get below 80% again.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

Monthly?! I would think such a reset should be semiannual at the most frequent... But I guess it also depends on how much you use it.