I have a 280c that the battery is bad - won't hold a charge. Anyway, how do
I determine what kind of battery I have. E.g., do I have the type 3 battery?
>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:08:36 -0500
>Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Rebuilding Type III batteries
>From: Scott Hughey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>"Genki" Wrote:
>
>
>>Tell me, what is the amp/hour rating of the new battery? IIRC some newer
>>4/5A
>>battery holds more than the original parts used in battery.
>
> The amp/hour rating of the new cells is 2150mah. I'm not sure what the
>original rating was but I believe it was 1500 or 1600mah.
>
>>About how long does your 280c runs on the rebuilt packs with hard drive off,
>>processor cycling on, and display on?
>
> Honestly, it is too early for me to tell what average battery life will
>be but it is pretty long. I have my conservation settings set for max
>conservation (almost, I think I have the screen dimn bumped up a little) and
>I have been using the 280 to do some offline web-browsing with a study
>program I have and I'm well over 2 hours working time. After the computer
>starts up and the battery meter settles down it still shows over half
>charge.
>
>>I get about 3 hours max on original working Type 3 battery. If your $80
>>rebuilding job gets similar or better results, I might be interested. Would
>>there be any discount (say $10) for every dead battery we send to you so you
>>won't have to hunt down dead batteries yourself?
>
>I think I would need to do this on an exchage basis. I have tried to keep
>the labor to the absolute minimum and I would just charge for the cost of
>the batteries and any shipping related to each job so there is not alot of
>room for core credits. There seem to be plenty of dead Type III batteries
>around from what I have seen on ebay.
>
>Thanks for the interest
>Scott Hughey
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