Taking Care Of Your Battery; Safety Precautions; Maintaining Your Battery - Toshiba Satellite C40 Series User Manual

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Mobile Computing

Taking care of your battery

Taking care of your battery
The following sections offer tips on how to take care of your battery
and prolong its life.

Safety precautions

Maintaining your battery

Fully discharging your battery pack will allow better accuracy of
the battery meter.
To fully discharge your battery pack:
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Periodically, disconnect the computer from a power source and
operate it on battery power until the battery pack fully
discharges.
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If you have extra battery packs, rotate their use.
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If you will not be using the system for an extended period,
more than one month, remove the battery pack.
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Store spare battery packs in a cool dry place out of direct
sunlight.
Always immediately turn the power off and disconnect the power
cable/cord plug from the plug socket and stop using the computer if
you observe any of the following conditions:
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Offensive or unusual odor
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Excessive heat
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Discoloration
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Deformation, cracks, or leaks
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Smoke
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Other unusual events during use, such as abnormal sound
Do not expose the computer to fire. The battery could explode
Do not turn on the computer's power again until an authorized
Toshiba service provider has checked it for safety. Continued use
could cause a fire or rupture possibly resulting in serious injury or
computer failure including but not limited to the loss of data.