[TriLUG] Local source for Thinkpad battery?

[Jason Tower]

i'm with barry on this, i have a t20 which does the exact same thing - 
refuses to power on.  if you hit the power button enough eventually it will 
come on, regardless of whether or not the battery is installed.

having said that, i do have a spare a21 battery (at least, i think it fits 
an a21) if you want to give it a try.

jason

Barry Gaskins wrote:
>   Are you sure it is the battery.  I have several old laptops that the
> battery is completly dead on and the work fine if the AC adapter is plugged
> in.  If yours does not work with the AC adapter plugged in then I suspect
> that it is not the battery.
> 
>   - Barry Gaskins
> 
> On 7/1/06, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006, Rick DeNatale wrote:
>>
>> > 1) The guy at batteries plus told me that I might try to find a used
>> > computer dealer who just might have a used but working battery.
>>
>> I get all mine from Batteries plus (mine are always in
>> stock) or ebay, but you have to wait.
>>
>> I didn't realise this was a problem.
>>
>> > 3) Is the 40% difference in price worth it to get an LiON instead of a
>> > NiMH for an older laptop like this?
>>
>> If you expect to be owning the laptop longer than the
>> expected life of the battery (about 2yrs), then your
>> decision has nothing to do with the laptop.
>>
>> Assuming the charge is 40% more in the LiON, do you need the
>> extra charge, ie do you run the battery down to zero before
>> you get a chance to recharge (I carry a 2wire power cable
>> and 2-to-3pin adapter with me and plug in wherever I can,
>> even if that means sitting in a corner - if they can't
>> supply power where it's needed - at a table, then I'm going
>> to have to sit where the power is)? If the lifetime of the
>> LiON is 40% more, then you should get it if the cost of
>> replacing a battery is large (time to do the ordering,
>> downtime while dont have a battery - but you can always
>> order ahead).
>>
>> Joe
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