---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Thank you very much Don. I will check it out!!! Greg Newell At 04:49 AM 12/23/2002, you wrote: >Hi Greg, > >Yes they will -- especially since you have already "pried" one open. >Another alternative is to use lead acid gel cells to make an admittedly >heavy but very reliable external battery. > >Unfortunately lithium batteries deterorate with age. Not using them at all, >it is thought, may almost accerlerate this aging factor. > >You may also be able to replace the relatively expensive Lithium batteries >with Ni-cads which will offer *far* more cycles--provided you are prepared >to always run them til they are dead, so that the "memory effect" doesn't >occur. > >Try looking here for a local or nearby business: > >http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/byB/serv/rMain/rMain.shtml > > >At 01:16 AM 12/23/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Don, > > Less than a year ago i bought a battery off of E-Bay and found > >that it held just about as much charge as the one it was supposed to > >replace. This was less than I had hoped for. I e-mailed the guy who sold it > >to me and to his credit he promptly shipped out another one. This second > >effort was only slightly better than the first. For almost a year now i > >have been carrying around 3 semi - chargable Lithium Ion batteries which, > >when new, should give me a usable time of about 2 1/2 - 3 hours. 3 > >Batteries are getting kinda heavy. Where would I find such a "battery > >depot"? Your not talking about Radio Shack are you? they seem to be getting > >more worthless with each passing year. > > I pried open one of these packs for my Toshiba Satellite and found > >9 (I think) cells that look about the size of AA's and they're all soldered > >together. Are you saying that such a "battery depot" would solder in new > >ones for me? Wow! That would be great!!! I'm thinking that the reason I got > >the 2 low life ones from e - Bay is that they were nearer the end of their > >shelf life than the beginning. It would seem that such a "battery depot" > >might have fresher stock. please forward whatever info you may have. I've > >nursed this laptop along this far. I see no reason to stop now. Thanks! > > > >Greg Newell > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > >mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca >http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > >3004 Grant Rd. >REGINA, SK >S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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