# Battery drain at sleep mode

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**Created:** [November 22, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/battery-drain-at-sleep-mode/1454 "2022-11-22T20:40:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/battery-drain-at-sleep-mode/1454/5 "2022-11-26T21:28:37Z")

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Happy to help.

Going off the topic of FxSound, and on to the topic of laptop batteries:  
I’m a laptop user myself, I have a ThinkPad, and I keep my charger plugged in continuously while my laptop is on, and my battery stable between 44% and 55% with some tweaked settings in my Power Manager.  
First tip - and I learned this the hard way, with several depleted batteries and blackouts: you should **never, ever, fully charge to 100%** , because you’ll notice your battery’s capacity dwindling away real fast if you keep your charger plugged in while at 100%.  
So, here’s another tip: **avoid gauge resets** , because they will do exactly that.  
Here’s a link to **a handy FREE tool to measure battery health on a laptop** ; I also included some printscreens below with info on my battery’s settings.  
I’ve been using this same battery for _over four years_ now, and as you can see, it is still in excellent condition (99% capacity) due to these protocols.

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> **[WiRE Battery Lifemeter | WiRE Microsystems](https://www.wiremicrosystems.com/Downloads/BatteryLifemeter.php)**
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> Laptop's battery health monitoring made easy, accurate and more detailed than ever!

 ![wire battery lifemeter](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fxsound/original/1X/4e21869d1a79a6490da6bdf64ce3b110fe5f3fa6.jpeg)  
 ![charge settings](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fxsound/original/1X/a59453e6b4321292a173cccf6717d904f50a92f8.jpeg)

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