Laptop Battery Question?

usually cold temperatures are nothing to worry about. heat is something that damages components, though.

The metal of your laptop will shrink when it's cold and expand when it's hot. If the time difference between two drastically different temperatures is very small, there will be some damage - much like how pot holes are made. Your laptop batteries also contain chemicals that work best at certain temperatures; in fact, the back of the battery should tell you those optimum temperatures. In theory, if the temperature steps outside of those boundaries, the chemicals do not change but will not act or react as fast or efficiently. Once the temperature is back in range, the electrochemical reactions should be fine.

However, I don't recommend you doing this because there is still the moisture factor. Although this doesn't present itself as too big of a problem because much like cement floor under laminate floor, moisture does come through the cement but eventually it goes down. Once frosted, water will go in, but it can also get out during the day.

There are a lot of problems that no one can foresee, so it's best that you make an extra trip to the car to fetch that pavilion and tug it in for bedtime.

Peace.

Notebook batteries, including those stored in laptop systems, should maintain an Operational Storage Temperature of 0° to 35°C (32° to 95°F).

Chances are if temperatures just dip a little below then no damage will be done, but I wouldn't take chances unless you have to. The real risk is that when things get that cold the water in the air freezes and when it thaws again you can get water inside the components.

the only advice I can give you is that if you take it in the office, let it sit for awhile prior to powering it up. Temperatures can shrink and expand metal... and you don't want you c drive to start spinning until it has become "acclimatized" .

your battery will run out faster in cold weather