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Old 11-10-2010, 09:07 PM
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Wife's battery was kind of a PITA, has to dick around with the bolt; some of which had turned to some kind of steel salt, sulfate I guess, what sort of acid is those things any way. Have a sealed one now, so parking it on the steep driveway without a problem. My own fault for not thinking of it, probably need to paint the battery tray a bit too, need to check it out when it is light and not raining.


Laptop battery dying, are the remanufactured ones any good?
Old 11-10-2010, 10:55 PM
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just use the plug. :dunno: i only use my laptop battery if there is no plug available.
Old 11-11-2010, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ShaolinLueb
just use the plug. :dunno: i only use my laptop battery if there is no plug available.
And this is why your laptop is useless if you actually have to take it anywhere.
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Originally Posted by Zackk
And this is why your laptop is useless if you actually have to take it anywhere.
how come?
Old 11-11-2010, 05:24 AM
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how come?
Keeping a laptop or any other Li+ batter plugged in constantly wrecks the living hell out of the battery 9.5/10 times. Those batteries need to go through cycles.

If you do that for a while and unplug it for use on the go, your batter my last 1 hour as opposed to 6 or 7.
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Originally Posted by Zackk
Keeping a laptop or any other Li+ batter plugged in constantly wrecks the living hell out of the battery 9.5/10 times. Those batteries need to go through cycles.

If you do that for a while and unplug it for use on the go, your batter my last 1 hour as opposed to 6 or 7.
oh that blows... i always keep my laptop plugged in h: ... mostly to be able to use it on "max" settings...
Old 11-11-2010, 05:54 AM
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oh that blows... i always keep my laptop plugged in h: ... mostly to be able to use it on "max" settings...
I did the same with both my old laptop and my iPod.

After I unplugged both of them, they went from 100% to dead in less than an hour.
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Originally Posted by Zackk
Keeping a laptop or any other Li+ batter plugged in constantly wrecks the living hell out of the battery 9.5/10 times. Those batteries need to go through cycles.

If you do that for a while and unplug it for use on the go, your batter my last 1 hour as opposed to 6 or 7.
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Old 11-11-2010, 06:16 AM
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I just unplugged my laptop :hsugh:
Old 11-11-2010, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Zackk
And this is why your laptop is useless if you actually have to take it anywhere.
:dunno: and?

one of my lap tops wont start if the battery is in it.



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