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How to protect laptop battery connections?

taisingera

taisingera

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I use my laptop mostly on AC, and would like to store the battery. How do I protect the pins on the laptop from bending or oxidation?
 
Don't touch them and don't stick anything in the battery area. Oxidation can and will happen weather the battery is plugged in or not. If the environmental conditions around the laptop are right to cause the oxidation.
 
Yeah, touching them would be the WORST thing you could do. BUT!

I do think their is some kind of oxidation preventing coating you can put on them. I read about it while looking for info on how to protect the pins on the old NES consoles. I forget the name of it though. Perhaps google can help?
 
Don't lick them. Maybe just put a piece of electrical tape to cover it if you are that concerned? But I wouldn't bother myself.
 
Unless you live in a high humidity area such as the tropics, I would not worry about it. Be wary of tape - it can leave sticky residue.
 
I decided to just keep the battery in. Don't want to risk the pins bending and then no battery could work. Better to just buy a $125 battery when needed than to have the laptop screwed.
 
What I do is use a relative cheap battery at home, and keep my good 9 cell for on the road.
 
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