> Laurent,
> I had a Pismo battery rebuilt. It was not necessary to recalibrate;
> mine automatically did it over 5 or 6 recharge cycles; Pismo would just
> continue to operate long after indicating zero; next charge would show
> a longer time until it stabilised.
>
> However the charge LEDs no longer function; small loss.
Did you do this rebuilding yourself or have it done? Id love to rebuild my
own Pismo batteries and any info you've got would be appreciated.
A month ago, I rebuilt two Lombard batteries. I used 2400mAh lithium-ion cells (maybe 50% more capacity than the stock Panasonic cells Apple used?). They also seem to have lower internal resistance, so that I'm able to run about 4.5 hours on one battery, without any power saving measures (screen on full brightness, HD spinning, some moderate CPU usage). I found them at www.batteryspace.com. The raw cells are priced quite affordably--in the end, I spent about $150 rebuilding the two batteries. How much does one new battery cost?
I used Apple's Battery Reset after booting in OS 9 to reset the batteries' circuitry. The LEDs work fine.
I have a third battery that I removed all but three cells from. It holds enough charge to power the Lombard for about 1 minute while on, but perhaps several days while in sleep. I leave this in the laptop, and it shaves a few pounds off my back on the way to and from the office. I keep my "new" hi-capacity batteries in the fridge and use them while traveling.
Phil
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