[mdlug] OT: Replacement battery for Dell Laptop

[David Relson]

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:04:23 -0400
allen wrote:

> R. Kannan wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > The battery in my Dell Latitude D820 seems to have died after 20
> > months. The replacement battery at Dell site costs $199 and from
> > the customer reviews published on the site, it looks like a good
> > door stop. There are batteries from other vendors on Amazon etc.
> > Does anyone have any good experience with these batteries?
> >
> > TIA for any info.
> >
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> There's Battery Giant - http://www.batterygiant.com/ - in Sterling 
> Heights and Troy.
> 
> I just had a couple of battery packs for my rechargeable drill
> rebuilt for $30 a piece by them. The service was pretty quick
> although it's too soon to know how well the batteries will last. They
> have your battery but the price isn't much better then Dell's - $180
> not including tax.
> 
> I don't know if they rebuild laptop packs but you might want to ask 
> about that.
> 
> Allen

My son has a Dell Inspiron and its battery failed after a year or so.
Friends at U.Mich. pointed him to www.batteryrefill.com who rebuilt the
battery.  It cost $77.50 and took close to a month.  

HTH,

David