How do maintain psp battery ? - Singapore's Online Community

**BabyVoX** · 24-02-2008, 11:48 PM

Tip to keep my battery life maintained

**boyanmetal** · 26-02-2008, 12:37 AM

Eerrr... some say try not to use your PSP batt till drained out. That's what I remember. Other than that...don't overcharge? But PSP has batt circuit to check if your batt is full and can cut off the charging.

Deckbox · 26-02-2008, 12:57 AM

last time i brought the shopkeeper said cannot charge and play . Now I went to buy another battery from my friend who owns a psp shop , he said can charge and play Overcharge also can -.- ?

**tutujl** · 26-02-2008, 03:26 AM

Besides taking good care of your battery physically, there is no special tips to maintain battery life.

Official psp battery is a Li-ion model, it does not suffer from memory effect. In other words, no matter how u charge it or discharge it, the battery life wont be affected. The battery life is actually depend on the date of manufacturing, due to the fact that Li-ion battery will gradually loss its life span as time goes by. So for example, if your battery is manufactured 5 years back, its max capacity probably dropped 30%.

So don't worry so much about the battery, use your battery to the max before it turns old!

FYI: Li-ion is commonly used in portable device such as handphones and laptops. Heat will affect how fast the battery age. Laptops that produces high temperature often causes their battery life span to decrease faster. I doubt psp and other small devices will produce that amount of heat, so no worries.

debbielmy · 26-02-2008, 08:24 AM

Li-ion is..

Lithium Ion?

muN-

**tutujl** · 26-02-2008, 05:40 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by debbielmy
	Li-ion is.. Lithium Ion? muN-

Yes.

**jamesnubcake** · 26-02-2008, 09:15 PM

Does the cpu speed drains the battery lifespan ?

**zero_88** · 26-02-2008, 09:20 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by jamesnubcake
	Does the cpu speed drains the battery lifespan ?

Yes....

**kohht** · 26-02-2008, 09:29 PM

lols if you go clock the speed in the psp,the batt may drain faster

RDM! fully charge your psp and use,using and chargeing may spoil even faster.

fully charge and dont Overcharge. this may spoil the psp and the lifespan will very liter.

**tutujl** · 27-02-2008, 02:01 AM

Using and charging at the same time does not cause harm to psp. During this process the psp runs entirely on A/C power, it does not consume the battery power. It will just charge the battery at the same time. Personally I have always been "playing while charging", my psp and battery are still healthy, as good as just bought.

Another thing is about overcharging. The A/C will automatically stop electrical current flow to psp when the battery is fully charge. There shouldn't be any harm to the battery nor psp. I always leave my psp to charge overnight.

It is safe to run in 333mhz clock speed for psp. Technically, psp is design to support 333mhz, hence it is not overclocking. We said that it is being overclock because official psp runs at 300mhz. Running at 333mhz merely drain your battery faster (higher speed uses more power). However, I don't think it will causes the battery life to reduce if you are using Li-ion.

I know that we always heard or being told that overcharging, or randomly charging causes harm to battery. It is only true to other batteries. From what I know about Li-ion, its not true. It is good to know what kind of battery you are using and there on take correct actions to protect it.

What I wrote may not be entirely true. I basically did some research about batteries and how things work. Just want to find evidences for those myth about batteries.

Colossus · 27-02-2008, 02:57 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by tutujl
	Using and charging at the same time does not cause harm to psp. During this process the psp runs entirely on A/C power, it does not consume the battery power. It will just charge the battery at the same time. Personally I have always been "playing while charging", my psp and battery are still healthy, as good as just bought. Another thing is about overcharging. The A/C will automatically stop electrical current flow to psp when the battery is fully charge. There shouldn't be any harm to the battery nor psp. I always leave my psp to charge overnight. It is safe to run in 333mhz clock speed for psp. Technically, psp is design to support 333mhz, hence it is not overclocking. We said that it is being overclock because official psp runs at 300mhz. Running at 333mhz merely drain your battery faster (higher speed uses more power). However, I don't think it will causes the battery life to reduce if you are using Li-ion. I know that we always heard or being told that overcharging, or randomly charging causes harm to battery. It is only true to other batteries. From what I know about Li-ion, its not true. It is good to know what kind of battery you are using and there on take correct actions to protect it. What I wrote may not be entirely true. I basically did some research about batteries and how things work. Just want to find evidences for those myth about batteries.

wow... really really informative.. thanks..

**Zecram** · 27-02-2008, 02:54 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by tutujl
	Using and charging at the same time does not cause harm to psp. During this process the psp runs entirely on A/C power, it does not consume the battery power. It will just charge the battery at the same time. Personally I have always been "playing while charging", my psp and battery are still healthy, as good as just bought. Another thing is about overcharging. The A/C will automatically stop electrical current flow to psp when the battery is fully charge. There shouldn't be any harm to the battery nor psp. I always leave my psp to charge overnight. It is safe to run in 333mhz clock speed for psp. Technically, psp is design to support 333mhz, hence it is not overclocking. We said that it is being overclock because official psp runs at 300mhz. Running at 333mhz merely drain your battery faster (higher speed uses more power). However, I don't think it will causes the battery life to reduce if you are using Li-ion. I know that we always heard or being told that overcharging, or randomly charging causes harm to battery. It is only true to other batteries. From what I know about Li-ion, its not true. It is good to know what kind of battery you are using and there on take correct actions to protect it. What I wrote may not be entirely true. I basically did some research about batteries and how things work. Just want to find evidences for those myth about batteries.

Only listen to this if you're using original PSP Batts, we do not know what thing they did to those cheaper batteries and there must be give and take. Maybe take something and give more cash value. So don't be surprised if the batteries dies on you if you charge and play.

And also the myth about battery memories only applies to AA and AAA batteries, battery packs are not affected by memory effects.

**piggy_vianney** · 29-09-2008, 04:42 PM

wow... thanks for sharing!

**mattew0594** · 05-10-2008, 02:51 PM

so EASY!!!just take your battery throw into the fire than settled already lah!!!

cute wormz · 05-10-2008, 02:56 PM

all tat i believe is dun play or use psp while charging...

**gagnant** · 05-10-2008, 02:56 PM

Nice information!

**浜崎あゆみx3** · 05-10-2008, 03:31 PM

What if the PSP owner is first-time owner of a PSP, charging when sleeping, and thn wake up in the morning and off the charger? means it's over-charged and spoilt ?

cute wormz · 05-10-2008, 03:39 PM

i dun think over-charging will affect ba...i charged it over the night all the time...

**浜崎あゆみx3** · 05-10-2008, 03:41 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by cute wormz
	i dun think over-charging will affect ba...i charged it over the night all the time...

What's your batt brand ?

**sachigatsu** · 05-10-2008, 06:54 PM

use till yr green light blink then u charge

**Sith** · 05-10-2008, 06:58 PM

Once I was charging and playing at the same time then got chao tah smell.