[Ham-Computers] Re Laptop Battery

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 19:41:23 -0800

Also I believe the "power remaining" indicators can not really sense life
left in a battery.  They can only sense voltage and estimate.  You have
enough voltage to show 40%, but under load it is gone and it shuts down.
Like the car battery that say 13.8V but goes to 7v when you try to start the
car.  It is shot, at least enough cells to cause the unit to shut down, but
all would be close.

Dan KI6X

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jeffrey R
Lehman, KC8QCH
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Re Laptop Battery

Sounds to me like that battery is shot. My Girl Friends' Compaq does
about the same thing. i tdoesn;t charge all the way and the battery runs
down from a full charge in about 20 miuntes....I have been looking for a
new pbattery for it and be prepared to pay about 90 - 120 dolloars for a
battery. Course if anyone here knows where to get on cheaper, please let
us know. I need to get one. Thanks.

   Jeff

Jeffrey R. Lehman, KC8QCH
Secretary, OH-KY-IN REACT, Inc.
E-Mail: [email protected]; AIM: kc8qch; ICQ: 116327161
Web: http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/ohkyinreact, http://www.qsl.net/kc8qch

On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:30:50 -0500 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
<[email protected]> writes:
>
>
> When the power level drops to 60% on my Compaq 1210 laptop computer,
> the unit
> shuts down. The power level then drops to zero.
>
> When I plug the charger unit into the computer, it shows the power
> at 40%
> charge.
>
> Has the memory on this battery gone acko or what?
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
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