From: Bert Haskins (bhaskins_at_triton.net)
Date: Sun Dec 09 2001 - 15:37:59 EST
Every Li-Ion "bad" battery that I've seen so far measures zero volts.
I've seen many Ni-Mh batteries that can be charged to a voltage
a volt or so above! the nameplate rating and yet the battery won't even light a
three-volt flashlight cell.
Bad Ni-Mh batteries get even worse after they sit around for a long time.
Voltage under full load is what counts.
Cheers, Bert
Will Smith wrote:
> I agree entirely, but I was wondering if the voltage across the pins gave
> you any idea of the state of the battery.
>
> On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Denis Hall wrote:
>
> > Hi Will--
> > I always get a kick out of these guys saying "battery untested", or "I don't
> > have an AC supply to test it with"... yeah, right... if you check their
> > sales history, nearly all of these people have been selling complete laptops
> > recently, and they DO know that the batteries are bad. Just a way to make
> > the disclaimer seem more palatable.
> >
> > I think it's pretty rotten....
> >
> > I always say that the battery is good, or bad....
> >
> > -Denis
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Will Smith" <waps100_at_york.ac.uk>
> > To: <Thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 12:57 PM
> > Subject: [TP770] Batteries
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > A lot of the people selling thinkpad batteries cheaply on ebay who claim
> > > to not have a machine on which to test it, say that they can read a
> > > voltage of over 10V between some of the pins. Does this give any
> > > indication of the state of the battery? Or is it possible that a
> > > completely dead battery will still give a voltage reading.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Will
> > >
> >
> >
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