[TriLUG] Ot: getting replacement batteries for old laptops

[James Brigman]

Batteries Plus used to rebuild packs. I recall that they had some
specialized equipment for splitting apart plastic items. I had 'em
rebuild a Black & Decker rechargeable flashlight and it worked fine.
Sometimes they'll replace the NiCD's with NiMH and you'll get much
better operating life. 

FOr cheap things, the rebuild wasn't too cost effective, but for laptop
batteries, might be. 

and if you don't want to go the rebuild route, I've seen aftermarket
replacement laptop batteries for several models on sale at CompUSA.

JKB

On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 12:23 -0400, Mack.Joseph at epamail.epa.gov wrote:

> >    Other than building your own
> 
> hmm, great idea. Any good ideas on getting the
> battery case apart? Mine seems to be pretty
> well stuck together - possibly there are
> internal glued clips. The worst I can do is bust
> it, which is not a big deal considering that
> it isn't working anyhow.