Why does refrigerating your batteries increase their life but taking a laptop in the cold kills the battery?
hipp5 asked:
It’s said that if you want to prolong the shelf life of a battery you should put it in the fridge. That makes sens to me because it’s slowing down the internal reactions of the battery.
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It’s said that if you want to prolong the shelf life of a battery you should put it in the fridge. That makes sens to me because it’s slowing down the internal reactions of the battery.
However, whenever I walk to class with my laptop in the winter or have my camera in my pocket in the winter it significantly decreases the charge on the battery. Why this contradiction?
February 1st, 2010 at 8:04 am
The “Keep Batteries In The Fridge” is a myth…
TOTAL MYTH…
It actually doesn’t help at all and does damage to the batteries…
Google it… おたく/オタク
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:26 am
Batteries are powered by chemical reactions. Chemical reactions happen slower at lower temperatures. Any battery will be weaker when it is cold, so laptops, cars, even flashlights have minimum operating temperatures.
Batteries that are not in use have small leakage currents, which is why they gradually run down over time. Cooling the battery will slow this process down, though for modern batteries it probably does not make much difference.
Depending on the type of battery, actual freezing of the electrolyte in the battery can create ice crystals or cause ice expansion that can physically damage the battery and ruin in. I would not advise sticking any battery in a deep freeze and every battery needs to be warmed up to reach full power. lissastrada
February 6th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
yeh it only stuffs up the battery a kid on my bus says he does it all the time and it works so i tried it and it stuffed up my battery then it costed like 100$$$ for a replacement DON’T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tigerpolo86
February 6th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
The cold doesn’t really do anything to the batteries nor does it kill the batteries. Katts and Dog