[mdlug] OT: Replacement battery for Dell Laptop

[R. Kannan]

Googling for this yields positive and negative experiences.. (as with everything else, I assume)

Some say freezing batteries works.

Others say that you should not try this on Lithium ion batteries as they may explode if frozen !!

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan DeSloover <zifferent at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Apr 16, 2008 1:50 PM
>To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] OT: Replacement battery for Dell Laptop
>
>Oddly enough, I've heard that freezing batteries (in the freezer) and then
>warming them to room temperature (in a room) before using them sometimes
>works. Might be worth a try on a dead battery pack.
>
>Morris, Tim wrote:
>> Not that I'm recommending this to anyone, as you would need to be pretty
>> good with a soldering iron to prevent damaging the cells... but if you are
>> good, you could buy the replacement cells for your pack, exacto-knife it
>> open, replace the cells and super glue it closed. I did this with an IBM
>> A31p battery and it works quite well now, but I paid about $32 for the
>> cells, and a new battery was $50. If you're not doing it just for kicks
>> like I was, then it might not be worth it. I have heard rumor that some
>> "smart" batteries need to have power applied to them at all times, or the
>> EEPROM will reset. Also, some "smarter" batteries may actually need a tool
>> to "reset" the battery stats in the EEPROM before it will hold a charge
>> again.
>>
>> And that's my useless 2 cents :)
>>
>> Mike, we should do some pool sometime eh?
>>
>>
>> --  Tim Morris - UGS PLM Software
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf
>> Of Garry Stahl
>> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 6:15 PM
>> To: R. Kannan; MDLUG's Main discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [mdlug] OT: Replacement battery for Dell Laptop
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> Atbatt.com  Generally cheaper than vendor sites.
>>
>> --
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