Are you married to that laptop? Just get a whole new machine.
https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Display-Graphics-Keyboard-A515-43-R19L/dp/B07RF1XD36
I only look for things with a wired Ethernet port. Dongles drive me crazy.
On 3/26/2020 5:50 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I’m just afraid that by 2022 they won’t be available anymore. Or I
guess if they are, maybe they will have been sitting in an Amazon
warehouse for 2 years?
*From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
*Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2020 5:44 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - will spare laptop battery go bad in storage?
Hit or miss on these. They're so cheap anymore on old laptops, if it's
bad I just get another, I don't know how they store them but its 50 50
on good or dead
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 5:40 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com
<mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote:
I have a 4 year old Dell XPS 15 and I just replaced the Li-ion
battery for the second time. I guess that’s not shocking.
But Dell wasn’t even selling replacement batteries the first
time. I did get a free one from them because they had a problem
with the original batteries swelling. That replacement didn’t
swell, but the runtime had decreased dramatically.
The no-name replacement (bought from Amazon) fit perfectly, and
looked just like the Dell battery except for a sticker that I’m
pretty sure covers the Dell name. It’s a pretty nice laptop and I
can’t guarantee I’ll be ready to retire it 2 years from now when
this battery will probably need replacing. Amazon still has them
in stock, should I order another one?
Or is putting a spare battery on the shelf stupid, will it just
gradually discharge and go bad? It’s not very difficult to change
the battery, would it help to swap batteries every 6 months or
something? I actually saw something on the Internet that Li-ion
batteries should be stored partially not fully charged. And of
course they can’t put anything on the Internet unless it’s true.
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