On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 04:35 PM, Thomas Bridgeland wrote: > >> I went to my local chain computer store and lo and behold >> they had an APC replacement lombard battery > > This is a lithium ion battery? These things age even sitting on the > shelf. Does it have a date on it? it may be effectively as old as the > original battery you had. > Yes it is a Li-on battery but there isn't a date. and I did get 4.5 hours out of it the first time I used it
>> in fact they had several of >> them. So i brought it home and smacked it in and it charged up. Cool! >> then I let it discharge all the way > > With li-on batteries the recommendation is to never discharge all the > way, it can ruin them. > well not all the way dead, just until it gave me the "reserve battery" warning. is this still bad? > Take them back to the store you bought them and try to get your money > back. Probably old batteries. > The really weird thing is that I think the battery is actually charging up, but whatever is in there that tells it that it is (and lights up the little green lights) is defective, even though it has said the battery is dead (0% and calculating for the time remaining) I've been using the new one for like an hour! BUT since the battery is registering itself as dead I can't boot up the machine from it :-( i guess I'll return it and try to find one somewhere else -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
