From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 19:03:03 EDT
Since the battery has a one year warranty, I suppose you could call and say
the battery will no longer hold a charge. That should get you a replacement.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Jarrett" <kevin_jarrett_at_hotmail.com>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: [T21] Standard Li-Ion Battery Capacity Degradation
> My T21 will be a year old in December. I've got 20 cycles on the battery
and
> it currently shows 33.17wh full-charge capacity, vs. the 38.88wh initial
> capacity, or, 85% of new.
>
> Up until I had about 17 cycles, the battery showed a 38.65wh full-charge
> capacity, virtually 100% of new. It has started dropping pretty
> dramatically, about 2wh, with each cycle.
>
> Is there some point at which IBM will say this is a bad battery and
replace
> it under warranty?
>
> Thanks, kj
>
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