- Re: Where to buy battery for HP Laptop?
- Posted by Barry Watzman on October 4th, 2004
E-Bay. Not without some risk, but you can get good -- even brand new
(still shrink wrapped) batteries that sell for $200 elsewhere, for $30
to $70.
DaveC wrote:
- Posted by Martin Slaney on October 4th, 2004
Barry Watzman wrote:
But is it not the case that a new battery - even if original and
shrink-wrapped, _could_ be a lemon if it has sat on a shelf somewhere
for years ? Do LiON batteries not degrade with age even if unused ?
I need a new one for my IBM T20, but I'm a bit wary of ebay for this
reason, unless the manufacture date is stated ....
- Posted by Barry Watzman on October 4th, 2004
Lithium based battery systems are very stable, it's the most storage
stable of any battery chemistry. I won't say that they won't degrade,
but they can last the better part of a decade (I have some from 1997
that are still quite good, I'd say that they deliver 80% of their "new"
performance).
Martin Slaney wrote:
