From: Steve Canyon (canyonlands_at_theriver.com)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2001 - 14:21:59 EST
The benefit is to the computer user/ owner. Aged batteries do funny,
harmful things. Resistance increases. Chemicals age and leak.
Voltages fluctuate. You probably wouldn't hurt your computer, but you
could... and most users wouldn't know. The "limiters" limit the
battery to its useful life, and limit the liability of the battery
manufacturer and the OEM to a reasonable period.
Talk to battery rebuilding companies. If there was an easy way to
rebuild or extend the life of a typical Li-ON battery, lots of outfits
would be doing it. There are lots of rebuilders of Nickel Hydride
batteries have never found a way to build or rebuild Li-ON Thinkpad
batteries economically and safely.
There are very good reasons why nobody is moving into the rebuilding
market. Li-ON computer batteries are one of the few things you cannot
find a good deal on. This doesn't happen by accident. Those who can,
do. Those who can't, teach. Or buy them on eBay where you don't have
to know what their limits are.
Steve Canyon
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