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Even though the owner only states they received “minor burns on my hand”, if they hadn’t acted quickly enough the situation could have rapidly escalated into a conflagration that resulted in major property damage and more serious injury.
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The OP claims to have burned their hand while removing the flaming MacBook Pro from underneath their bed. Reddit user u/Squeezieful posted a couple of images of the damaged 15-inch MacBook Pro (see below), and it is clear to see on the underside that the fire was most likely caused by a faulty battery. German-English-Translator - Details here (English native speakers preferred)Īn Apple MacBook Pro owner has escaped with seemingly minor injuries after the laptop unexpectedly caught on fire. News Writer (AUS/NZL based) - Details here
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Due to the circuitry in the laptop that protects the battery, keeping it plugged in as much as possible is the best practice for the longest battery life.Are you a techie who knows how to write? Then join our Team! English native speakers welcome!
It is the rate at which it degrades you are trying to impact. It doesn’t matter if you leave your laptop plugged in, or even if you shut down your laptop, unplug the power cord and don’t use it for a year. Nothing can stop a battery from degrading over time. It should be noted the battery will degrade even when plugged in. You minimize cycles by keeping your laptop plugged in as much as possible. So the more you minimize cycles, the longer your battery will last. But partial charges and discharges count, so if you use 25% of the battery today and 75% of the battery tomorrow and then charge it to 100%, you would have done 1 cycle in 2 days.
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A cycle is a full discharge, followed by a full charge. In fact, the far more important thing is to minimize cycles. So you never have to worry about leaving it plugged in too much, or even leaving it unplugged too long. Your MacBook Pro has circuitry to protect the battery from over or undercharging. Yes, in fact, if you want to preserve your battery’s life as much as possible, you should leave it plugged in as much as possible. MacBook Pro all the way at the end of the page. You must, however, stop using your laptop immediately as it is a fire hazard. A local repair shop might just take the old battery out and stick/glue in a new one. Apple will replace the complete upper case (keyboard, trackpad and transfer your motherboard, screen etc. Since most, if not all Apple Stores are closed you will either have to send it to Apple or have it replaced locally. In your case, you need to stop using the laptop immediately and bring it to a repair shop. Around the battery is a strong case to keep the cells inside so that they do not expand and not hold a charge at all.
The swelling of a battery happens when a cell is expanding, thus defective. Hot!! The heat inside the case of the laptop does have a very negative effect on the battery life itself.
When you hook up the laptop to an external display using a USB-c to display port dongle (most likely) the power drawn through the Thunderbolt-3 port is around 18 - 20Gb and after a day of work, you should just touch where the cable is plugged in. I will copy a lengthy answer below but first and foremost remember that batteries do deteriorate over time. Unlike what some people think the laptops these days have li-on batteries (not the Ni-Cad that needed the discharge and recharge) and have electronics inside the laptop that protects the battery itself from overcharging or nasty spikes - these get most of the time caught by your power supply anyway. First and foremost it does not matter if it is in a clamshell and also does not matter if it is constantly plugged in.