Always interested in different things, and this sounds different. I may be able to borrow a styrofoam knife for a trial run, I'll check tomorrow.
Larry T On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Keith Lofstrom <kei...@gate.kl-ic.com> wrote: > I have accumulated a bunch of old Lenovo T60 laptop battery > packs that don't hold a charge. Lifting the label - the > cells are standard, perhaps replaceable by new ones. > > Anybody interested in rebuilding battery packs? > > My packs are glued or plastic-welded together, so I would need a > hot knife to open them, appropriate adhesive to put them together > again, a small spot welder to tab the batteries, and presumably > a ventilated space to work, in case a cell catches fire. > > With enough participants we could buy the right tools and buy > cells in bulk. Not sure how many types we would need. My T60s > and X60s both use CG18650 cells, which are $39 for 12 Panasonic > cells on eBay, $499 for 360 cells. Chinese cells might be > cheaper (both ways). > > This cell size is often used for "vaping"; does that push price > up or down, or merely attract dangerous counterfeits? > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
