▲Do not short-circuit a battery. A short-circuit may cause damage to the battery.

▲Do not drop, hit or otherwise abuse the battery as this may result in the exposure of the cell contents, which are corrosive.

▲Do not expose the battery to moisture or rain. Keep battery away from fire or other sources of extreme heat or extreme cold. Do not freeze your battery.

▲Do not leave your laptop on overnight all the time while charging. The laptop should be turned off occasionally.

▲Do consider removing the battery from a laptop when running on fixed power. (Some laptop manufacturers are concerned about dust and moisture accumulating inside the battery casing.)

▲Do use the Suspend or Hibernate feature when taking a break.

▲Do minimize the number of programs and/or applications running at the same time. Quit any of the programs/applications that are not in use.

▲Do not throw away or dispose of your battery with household waste. Please recycle all batteries, as they contain chemicals which are harmful to the environment.

▲Do set the Windows Power Management settings to maximum savings.

▲Do lower the brightness setting on the screen backlight

▲Do not carry loose batteries in a pocket or purse with metal objects like coins, paper clips and hair pins, etc. This may short circuit the battery, generating high heat.

▲Do disconnect any unused devices such as modems, wireless cards, bluetooth and USB devices.

▲Do not buy old batteries, even if sold at clearance prices.

▲Do store battery in a dry, cool place at 40-50% charge level. Some reserve charge is needed to keep the battery and its protection circuit operational during prolonged storage.

▲Do make sure that the laptops power management features in the BIOS and Operating System are optimized, turning off the screen, using speed step.

▲Do not incinerate. Exposure of batteries to extreme heat may result in an explosion.