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Backup by BioLite is a beefy emergency battery for your big appliances
Instead of wiring into a home’s breaker box, the Backup by BioLite home backup power solution relies on thin battery panels that can fit behind appliances to keep them running for days at a time. It’s built around two 1.5kWh lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, or LFP) batteries, the Backup Core and Backup Extend. Like any uninterruptible power supply, the Backup…
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iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max battery replacements just got a price hike — here’s what you’ll pay
The battery is one of the few things you might actually need to replace if you keep hold of your iPhone for an extended period of time. They wear out over time, and a replacement could help keep your phone going for a bit longer. Unfortunately, that process is about to get more expensive for iPhone 16 Pro and Pro…
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Apple will charge more to swap your iPhone 16 Pro battery
Defective batteries are covered under Apple’s one-year warranty, and replacements are free under AppleCare Plus plans if your battery has less than 80 percent of its original capacity. If it’s higher than that and you’re still disappointed with its longevity, your options are limited to third-party repair or going the DIY route with official Apple parts, either of which could…
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8 ways to protect your Windows laptop’s battery health – Computerworld
Windows battery health step #6: Store smartly If you won’t be using your laptop for a while (or you’ve unplugged the battery and set it aside), you should take care when storing the battery. Remember: Laptop batteries don’t like being at 100% battery for a long period of time, and they definitely don’t like being at 0% battery, either. To…
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Intel Core Ultra 200V Chips Will Boost Laptop Performance and Battery Life
Intel revealed a new generation of laptop processors today, aiming to be more competitive with ARM-based Snapdragon PCs and MacBooks, while delivering faster local AI performance. Meet the Intel Core Ultra 200V series. Intel revealed its first Core Ultra processors late last year (and it took a few months to show up in laptops), also known as the “Meteor Lake”…
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Best Portable Solar Panels and Solar Battery Chargers
The answer all comes down to wattage. Portable solar devices range widely in the amount of power they can produce, which is largely a function of panel size. Bigger tends to mean more powerful in the world of solar. The most compact and lightweight solar battery chargers typically produce somewhere between 15 and 50 watts of max power. Devices in…
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How keep your laptop’s battery in good health
The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power most of our laptops may be the most practical battery tech we have right now, but they naturally degrade over time as their ions flow back and forth — it’s an inevitable consequence of the way they’re built and the way they work. Eventually, the batteries can’t hold as much of a charge. Most…
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Best Battery and Electric Chainsaws of 2024
Our engineers time how long it takes for each saw to work its way through 10-inch-thick oak beams. We use oak because it’s one of the hardest woods most users will encounter on their property, and it makes for a particularly demanding test that reveals differences among models. Those that cut fastest earn a higher rating for cutting speed. To…
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DeWalt Battery Mowers Recalled for a Laceration Hazard
The recall: It involves four models of DeWalt battery walk-behind mowers, all of which have a 21-inch cutting deck. The models are the DCMWP234U2 and DCMWP600X2 push mowers and the DCMWSP256U2 and DCMWSP650Y2 self-propelled mowers. The risk: If water gets into the mower’s handle support while the battery is installed, the mower can fail to shut off when the bail handle…
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