Which laptop battery pins are used for charging?

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  • Klevjetack
    Member
    • Feb 2024
    • 12
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    #1

    Which laptop battery pins are used for charging?

    I have a laptop battery and I am curious on which of the pins are responsible for charging the battery and which ones are responsible for outputting power to your computer. Are there any websites that I can use to find this information or manuals that will tell me?
  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 31017
    • Albion

    #2
    check the laptop schematics,
    the 2 big terminals are both for output and charging,
    BUT
    the other pins are serial communication to a microcontroller in the pack that does the "guage" funcftion but may also allow/block charging

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    • Klevjetack
      Member
      • Feb 2024
      • 12
      • United States

      #3
      Originally posted by stj
      check the laptop schematics,
      the 2 big terminals are both for output and charging,
      BUT
      the other pins are serial communication to a microcontroller in the pack that does the "guage" funcftion but may also allow/block charging
      Do you think that if I directly applied power to two of the pins that it would charge the laptop battery?

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      • stj
        Great Sage 齊天大聖
        • Dec 2009
        • 31017
        • Albion

        #4
        maybe - you will know if you monitor the current

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        • Klevjetack
          Member
          • Feb 2024
          • 12
          • United States

          #5
          Originally posted by stj
          maybe - you will know if you monitor the current
          Okay I will give it a try thank you for the responses.

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