[Paratech]

Before you need to replace the battery?

I'm just curious as I want to minimize the amount of times I need to replace the PSP batteries!

So far I've recharged the PSP battery 4 times.

I might watch some Teen Titans or another animated series while doing laundry on the weekend.

I'm just curious how that will affect having to replace a battery?

 

[Cheesus]

About 5 hours for me. And mine's a fatty.

 

[Paratech]

How many times can the battery be recharged before it needs replaced?

 

[neoxalucard]

How many times can the battery be recharged before it needs replaced?

I read on another forum that it's about 500 times.

 

[Spyhop]

Is it LiIon? If so it's more like 10,000 times. If it's NiMH then it's less, but still a lot more than 500.

 

[neoxalucard]

Is it LiIon? If so it's more like 10,000 times. If it's NiMH then it's less, but still a lot more than 500.

Idk, the guy seemed to know what he was talking about. Actually it was less, more like 400.

PSP battery : how to charge it correctly ?

 

[ElijahTW]

Hmm. I dunno, 400 - 500 sounds about right to me. In my experience after that many charges battery life is at least halved. Hence why I'll never buy an iPod/Phone.

Of course I was never "good" to my batteries. IIIRC you're supposed to drain the batteries completely and then recharge them - which I have never done.

 

[runawayprisoner]

If it's a brand new battery pack then you don't have to worry for at least a full year of charging/discharging.

Because seriously... you can't possibly charge/discharge the battery every day, and there are only 365 days a year. A Li-on cell lasts for up to 500 discharges from a full 100% charge. If you don't do a full discharge then the impact is much less.

So if you use the PSP every day of the year, you might be looking at a replacement... about a year and a half from now.

Edit: And you can get about 6-8 hours of battery life out of your PSP if you use her moderately throughout the day. Not with max brightness and loud volumes and wi-fi on all the time, that is. Look into underclocking as well, as that will save a lot more battery life. I think you can listen to music almost all day if you underclock the CPU.

 

[46480]

Yeah there is a light mp3 app around the lets you listen to music for a long time.

 

[redlofredlof]

With WiFi On, Max display brightness
Video~5hrs
Audio~8Hrs
Game~4-5Hrs(with UMD)

lower the brightness and volume.
to increase battery life, charge it only after the battery reaches near to 20% and then recharge it again.

 

[Yeloazndevil]

if you don't want to worry about battery life you can buy the sony psp extended life battery kit that sony stopped making apparently, but it can still be found easily online.

 

[Cid Highwind]

Edit: And you can get about 6-8 hours of battery life out of your PSP if you use her moderately throughout the day. Not with max brightness and loud volumes and wi-fi on all the time, that is. Look into underclocking as well, as that will save a lot more battery life. I think you can listen to music almost all day if you underclock the CPU.

I've had my PSP since 2007 now and I haven't noticed the battery life go down at all. As for preserving the charge, I got the most notable difference when I use headphones. Using the speakers just drains them.