Macbook Pro - bad battery life

[quistlogic]

I have a Mid 2009 MBP. Around the time I installed OSX Lion I've been experiencing high battery drain but went through the upgrades anyway - Mountain Lion and now Mavericks -- for about 2 years i've been plugged-in and finally decided to just get a new Apple Certified battery. After the battery upgrade I've gotten much better battery life, but nowhere near the 5-7 hours I used to get.

I'm running 10.9.2 (the latest update at this time 3/17/2014) and have upgraded to a OCZ Vertex 4 Solid State drive. I thought the HDD would help a lot with the battery life but I can't tell.

Are there any tools I can run to find out what's draining the battery? I've already used the "Activity Monitor" to watch processes and keep tabs on offenders. So far no red flags.


Here's my latest battery data:

Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 2871
Fully Charged: No
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5860
Health Information:
Cycle Count: 9
Condition: Normal
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1467
Voltage (mV): 11243

System Power Settings:

AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Wake on AC Change: No
Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake on LAN: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep: 0
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 2
Wake on AC Change: No
Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
Current Power Source: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes

Hardware Configuration:

UPS Installed: No

AC Charger Information:

Connected: No
Charging: No

 

[chrisperro]

just click on the battery icon (mavericks only) and you see what programs are comsuming more power.