OT -- Laptop batteries

[Greg Newell]

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Thank you very much Don. I will check it out!!!

Greg Newell

At 04:49 AM 12/23/2002, you wrote:

>Hi Greg,
>
>Yes they will -- especially since you have already "pried" one open.
>Another alternative is to use lead acid gel cells to make an admittedly
>heavy but very reliable external battery.
>
>Unfortunately lithium batteries deterorate with age. Not using them at all,
>it is thought, may almost accerlerate this aging factor.
>
>You may also be able to replace the relatively expensive Lithium batteries
>with Ni-cads which will offer *far* more cycles--provided you are prepared
>to always run them til they are dead, so that the "memory effect" doesn't
>occur.
>
>Try looking here for a local or nearby business:
>
>http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/byB/serv/rMain/rMain.shtml
>
>
>At 01:16 AM 12/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Don,
> >         Less than a year ago i bought a battery off of E-Bay and found
> >that it held just about as much charge as the one it was supposed to
> >replace. This was less than I had hoped for. I e-mailed the guy who sold it
> >to me and to his credit he promptly shipped out another one. This second
> >effort was only slightly better than the first. For almost a year now i
> >have been carrying around 3 semi - chargable Lithium Ion batteries which,
> >when new, should give me a usable time of about 2 1/2 - 3 hours. 3
> >Batteries are getting kinda heavy. Where would I find such a "battery
> >depot"? Your not talking about Radio Shack are you? they seem to be getting
> >more worthless with each passing year.
> >         I pried open one of these packs for my Toshiba Satellite and found
> >9 (I think) cells that look about the size of AA's and they're all soldered
> >together. Are you saying that such a "battery depot" would solder in new
> >ones for me? Wow! That would be great!!! I'm thinking that the reason I got
> >the 2 low life ones from e - Bay is that they were nearer the end of their
> >shelf life than the beginning. It would seem that such a "battery depot"
> >might have fresher stock. please forward whatever info you may have. I've
> >nursed this laptop along this far. I see no reason to stop now.  Thanks!
> >
> >Greg Newell
>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
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Greg Newell
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