From: letoured_at_together.net
Date: Sat Mar 31 2001 - 04:33:39 EST
Steve Canyon <canyonlands_at_theriver.com> said:
>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.
Well there is a way to extend the life of Li-On. I don't know what it
is -- but IBM does and they do it all the time.
If IBM replaces a battery under warrenty, you do not get a new one.
You get one they have somehow reconditioned which they guarantee for
90 days -- and that is just about 15 days before they die. -- So IBM
has obviously found a way to extend battery life for the period needed
to keep them from giving users a brand new battery.
>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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