QUESTION????? Leaving a laptop plugged in to power all the time, Will that
cause a problem. I am thinking if voltage regulator fails your battery will fry
and also whatever is around laptop.
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QUESTION????? Leaving a laptop plugged in to power all the time, Will that
cause a problem. I am thinking if voltage regulator fails your battery will fry
and also whatever is around laptop.
Anything's possible - leaving a desktop plugged in 24/7 could cause a massive house fire if the power supply shorted out and overheated. The question is, how significant is the risk? Given the number of laptops in use as 'desktop replacement' computers in businesses everyday I suspect it's rather low.
Thank you for reply.:)
Whilst I agree there is a risk with both I think it is agreed that the Laptop presents a more significant risk. Because the quality of PSUs are falling you have to decide whether you are prepared to trust them. If in doubt pull em out.Quote:
Originally Posted by xpuser357
I would also consider adding a power conditioning unit to this we use powervar but cyberpower makes an avr line that will condition the power and absorb those little brown outs and surges. :)
another added risk to laptops is all the batteries lately that have caught fire....
Yeah, case in point?
http://www.podcastingnews.com/news/0...des_Flame.html
I don't run with a battery in my laptop if I'm sitting at my desk at home working. It's not that I expect explosions or fire, I just figure, if the battery isn't in then it can't be damaged. But I have run my laptop with battery for hours at work.
On a side note I didn't notice that While windows reports the battery at %100 charge, Ubuntu is "smarter" and reports only %36 and advises me that my battery is indeed broken anyways. Not much to do with the topic, but I just found that pleasantly surprising that an OS could actually tell you that...
Most if not all power supplies are protected by a fuse, if something very bad happens the fuse will blow.
I think that can be quite safe.