New battery showing 0%

Most new batteries state on instruction it need a massive initial charge doe it state that on instructions?

Hello @bartjunited,

Copy & Paste the following [ ALL at once ] into a CMD Prompt and press Enter.

It will give you some information about your battery. The code is a snippet that I have extracted for you from my *** PROJECT: Computer Report - Comprehensive *** in my signature. You can run it WITH the AC Power power plugged in, and WITHOUT the AC Power power plugged in.

Code:

@echo off

echo. & PowerShell "$AAA=@(Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Battery | Measure-Object).Count -gt 0; Write-Host ' Battery Connected [Internal]  :' $AAA" & echo.
echo. & PowerShell "$AAA=@(Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Battery | Measure-Object).Count;       Write-Host ' Batteries Installed [Total]   :' $AAA"

PowerShell (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Battery ^| Select ^
     @{L=' Name'                         ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.Name))                        {'-'} else {$_.Name}}}, ^
     @{L=' Description'                  ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.Description))                 {'-'} else {$_.Description}}}, ^
     @{L=' PnP Device ID'                ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.PNPDeviceID))                 {'-'} else {$_.PNPDeviceID}}}, ^
     @{L=' Creation Class Name'          ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.CreationClassName))           {'-'} else {$_.CreationClassName}}}, ^
     @{L=' Device ID'                    ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.DeviceID))                    {'-'} else {$_.DeviceID.Trim() -Replace '\s  ',' '}}}, ^
     @{L=' Availability'                 ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.Availability))                {'-'} else {$_.Availability}}}, ^
     @{L=' Battery Recharge Time'        ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.BatteryRechargeTime))         {'-'} else {$_.BatteryRechargeTime}}}, ^
     @{L=' Battery Status'               ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.BatteryStatus))               {'-'} else {$_.BatteryStatus}}}, ^
     @{L=' Chemistry'                    ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.Chemistry))                   {'-'} else {$_.Chemistry.ToString() + ' [1=Other, 2=Unknown, 3=Lead Acid, 4=Nickel Cadmium, 5=Nickel Metal Hydride, 6=Lithium-ION, 7=Zinc Air, 8=Lithium Polymer]'}}}, ^
     @{L=' Design Capacity'              ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.DesignCapacity))              {'-'} else {[Math]::Round($_.DesignCapacity / 1, 0).ToString('0,00# mWh')}}}, ^
     @{L=' Design Voltage'               ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.DesignVoltage))               {'-'} else {[Math]::Round($_.DesignVoltage / 1, 0).ToString('0,00# mVolts')}}}, ^
     @{L=' Last Error Code'              ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.LastErrorCode))               {'-'} else {$_.LastErrorCode}}}, ^
     @{L=' Error Cleared'                ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.ErrorCleared))                {'-'} else {$_.ErrorCleared}}}, ^
     @{L=' Error Description'            ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.ErrorDescription))            {'-'} else {$_.ErrorDescription}}}, ^
     @{L=' Estimated Charge Remaining'   ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.EstimatedChargeRemaining))    {'-'} else {[Math]::Round($_.EstimatedChargeRemaining / 100, 2).ToString('0.00 %')}}}, ^
     @{L=' Estimated Run Time Left'      ;E={;if($_.EstimatedRunTime -eq '71582788')                           {'- [Running on ''AC Power'']'} else {$_.EstimatedRunTime.ToString() + ' [Minutes]'}}}, ^
     @{L=' Expected Life'                ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.ExpectedLife))                {'-'} else {$_.ExpectedLife}}}, ^
     @{L=' Expected Battery Life'        ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.ExpectedBatteryLife))         {'-'} else {$_.ExpectedBatteryLife}}}, ^
     @{L=' Full Charge Capacity'         ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.FullChargeCapacity))          {'-'} else {[Math]::Round($_.FullChargeCapacity / 1, 0).ToString('0,00# mWh')}}}, ^
     @{L=' Install Date'                 ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.InstallDate))                 {'-'} else {$_.InstallDate}}}, ^
     @{L=' Max Recharge Time'            ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.MaxRechargeTime))             {'-'} else {$_.MaxRechargeTime}}}, ^
     @{L=' Config Manager User Config'   ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.ConfigManagerUserConfig))     {'-'} else {$_.ConfigManagerUserConfig}}}, ^
     @{L=' Config Manager Error Code'    ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.ConfigManagerErrorCode))      {'-'} else {$_.ConfigManagerErrorCode}}}, ^
     @{L=' Power Management Supported'   ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.PowerManagementSupported))    {'-'} else {$_.PowerManagementSupported}}}, ^
     @{L=' Power Management Capabilities';E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.PowerManagementCapabilities)) {'-'} else {$_.PowerManagementCapabilities}}}, ^
     @{L=' Smart Battery Version'        ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.SmartBatteryVersion))         {'-'} else {$_.SmartBatteryVersion}}}, ^
     @{L=' System Creation Class Name'   ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.SystemCreationClassName))     {'-'} else {$_.SystemCreationClassName}}}, ^
     @{L=' Time On Battery'              ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.TimeOnBattery))               {'-'} else {$_.TimeOnBattery}}}, ^
     @{L=' Time To Full Charge'          ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.TimeToFullCharge))            {'-'} else {$_.TimeToFullCharge}}}, ^
     @{L=' CIM Class'                        ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.CimClass))                       {'-'} else {$_.CimClass}}}, ^
     @{L=' Status'                       ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.Status))                      {'-'} else {$_.Status}}}, ^
     @{L=' Status Info'                  ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.StatusInfo))                  {'-'} else {$_.StatusInfo.ToString() + ' [1=Other, 2=Unknown, 3=Enabled, 4=Disabled, 5=Not Applicable]'}}} ^| ^
Format-List ^| Out-String -Width 1000)

echo. & echo ^>Press ANY key to EXIT . . . & pause >nul & Exit

I hope this helps.

bartjunited said:

I have a Lenovo laptop, just put in a new battery and been charging it for about an hour but still says 0%. If I pull out charger says low battery so I know it "sees" the battery.
Any ideas

TIA Bart

I woud say that the battery is bad. Send it back and ask for another one.

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-t...g%20its%20life.

You must charge for 24hours on first charge

As Samuria advised, let it charge for 24 hours then disconnect the charger and see how many hours it works till it reaches 20% then charge it again. This second charge should take no longer than 3 hours.