Re: OT Amazon dot ca battery for iBook G4 14"

2010-04-13 Thread David J Brooks 
Looks liek the recycle of the battery did the trick. Its now good for
some were in the 3 1/2 hour range.

Lets see for how long. Good enough to process contest photos at PDML
central at GFM



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Re: OT Amazon dot ca battery for iBook G4 14"

2010-04-09 Thread David J Brooks 
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:11 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
>
>  David J Brooks  wrote:
>> Battery is here and looks good. I can't see a manufacture date on it,
>> but i got 95 minutes going from 100% to 58%, then it went to 7% in
>> just a few minutes. Not sure what that means. About 2 1/2 hours to
>> recharge which was about what the original batter took.
>> It is just a smidge larger as i had to fiddle with it to sit properly
>> in the battery frame.
>>
>> Dave
>
> Get five or six inflate/deflate cycles through it quickly and see if that 
> improves.  Doesn't seem to be very good, to me.

No, but its better than the 10-15 minutes i get from the original.:-)

I'll cycle over the weekend, then i'll start walking again.



Dave
>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
>> > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:52 PM, mike wilson  
>> > wrote:
>> >> David J Brooks wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> This battery(original from 2005) is just about had it. It will not
>> >>> charge above 80% and dies in about 15 minutes.
>> >>> Found a replacement on Amazon dot com, and it had 4 good reviews, so i
>> >>> checked the  dot ca site and they had the same battery, for $64.00 so
>> >>> i ordered one. I'll let you know if it works ok in case any ones is
>> >>> going to try one in the future.
>> >>
>> >> When it arrives, check the date of manufacture.  They have a (none too 
>> >> long)
>> >> shelf life.  If it's more than two years old, I would (and have) send it
>> >> back.
>> >
>> > Thanks for that info Mike. Never thought of shelf life.
>> >
>> > Dave
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Re: OT Amazon dot ca battery for iBook G4 14"

2010-04-09 Thread David J Brooks 
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM, steve harley  wrote:
> On 2010-04-08 17:55 , David J Brooks wrote:
>>
>> Battery is here and looks good. I can't see a manufacture date on it,
>> but i got 95 minutes going from 100% to 58%, then it went to 7% in
>> just a few minutes. Not sure what that means. About 2 1/2 hours to
>> recharge which was about what the original batter took.
>
> this procedure might help:
>
> 

I;ll do that

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Re: OT Amazon dot ca battery for iBook G4 14"

2010-04-09 Thread steve harley 

On 2010-04-08 17:55 , David J Brooks wrote:

Battery is here and looks good. I can't see a manufacture date on it,
but i got 95 minutes going from 100% to 58%, then it went to 7% in
just a few minutes. Not sure what that means. About 2 1/2 hours to
recharge which was about what the original batter took.


this procedure might help:



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Re: OT Amazon dot ca battery for iBook G4 14"

2010-04-09 Thread mike wilson 

 David J Brooks  wrote: 
> Battery is here and looks good. I can't see a manufacture date on it,
> but i got 95 minutes going from 100% to 58%, then it went to 7% in
> just a few minutes. Not sure what that means. About 2 1/2 hours to
> recharge which was about what the original batter took.
> It is just a smidge larger as i had to fiddle with it to sit properly
> in the battery frame.
> 
> Dave

Get five or six inflate/deflate cycles through it quickly and see if that 
improves.  Doesn't seem to be very good, to me.

> 
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:52 PM, mike wilson  wrote:
> >> David J Brooks wrote:
> >>
> >>> This battery(original from 2005) is just about had it. It will not
> >>> charge above 80% and dies in about 15 minutes.
> >>> Found a replacement on Amazon dot com, and it had 4 good reviews, so i
> >>> checked the  dot ca site and they had the same battery, for $64.00 so
> >>> i ordered one. I'll let you know if it works ok in case any ones is
> >>> going to try one in the future.
> >>
> >> When it arrives, check the date of manufacture.  They have a (none too 
> >> long)
> >> shelf life.  If it's more than two years old, I would (and have) send it
> >> back.
> >
> > Thanks for that info Mike. Never thought of shelf life.
> >
> > Dave
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Re: OT Amazon dot ca battery for iBook G4 14"

2010-04-08 Thread David J Brooks 
Battery is here and looks good. I can't see a manufacture date on it,
but i got 95 minutes going from 100% to 58%, then it went to 7% in
just a few minutes. Not sure what that means. About 2 1/2 hours to
recharge which was about what the original batter took.
It is just a smidge larger as i had to fiddle with it to sit properly
in the battery frame.

Dave

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:52 PM, mike wilson  wrote:
>> David J Brooks wrote:
>>
>>> This battery(original from 2005) is just about had it. It will not
>>> charge above 80% and dies in about 15 minutes.
>>> Found a replacement on Amazon dot com, and it had 4 good reviews, so i
>>> checked the  dot ca site and they had the same battery, for $64.00 so
>>> i ordered one. I'll let you know if it works ok in case any ones is
>>> going to try one in the future.
>>
>> When it arrives, check the date of manufacture.  They have a (none too long)
>> shelf life.  If it's more than two years old, I would (and have) send it
>> back.
>
> Thanks for that info Mike. Never thought of shelf life.
>
> Dave
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Re: OT Amazon dot ca battery for iBook G4 14"

2010-04-06 Thread David J Brooks 
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:52 PM, mike wilson  wrote:
> David J Brooks wrote:
>
>> This battery(original from 2005) is just about had it. It will not
>> charge above 80% and dies in about 15 minutes.
>> Found a replacement on Amazon dot com, and it had 4 good reviews, so i
>> checked the  dot ca site and they had the same battery, for $64.00 so
>> i ordered one. I'll let you know if it works ok in case any ones is
>> going to try one in the future.
>
> When it arrives, check the date of manufacture.  They have a (none too long)
> shelf life.  If it's more than two years old, I would (and have) send it
> back.

Thanks for that info Mike. Never thought of shelf life.

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Re: OT Amazon dot ca battery for iBook G4 14"

2010-04-05 Thread mike wilson 

David J Brooks wrote:


This battery(original from 2005) is just about had it. It will not
charge above 80% and dies in about 15 minutes.
Found a replacement on Amazon dot com, and it had 4 good reviews, so i
checked the  dot ca site and they had the same battery, for $64.00 so
i ordered one. I'll let you know if it works ok in case any ones is
going to try one in the future.


When it arrives, check the date of manufacture.  They have a (none too 
long) shelf life.  If it's more than two years old, I would (and have) 
send it back.


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