Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:19:06 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Chemicals in the post .. (USA Question)
At 09:10 AM 10/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:03:51 EST >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIB] Chemicals in the post .. (USA Question) > > >> Hi All, >> >> So, I win a USA eBay auction on a HiCap Libby batt for my 50 and get it >> at a good price but they are telling my it will cost 60 USD to ship cos >> it's classed as 'caustic chemicals' or summat? (my Mobility Air / Car >> converter took 3 days for 7.50 USD?) > >Sounds like a clever dodge to extract a tad more profit from unsuspecting >buyers. I had a PA2503U (L100 equivalent to the PA2498U) shipped from >Australia to US for $11.50. Hey they could have left my package in the US and your package here in Oz, we could have just swapped and saved us both the shipping! > The package was clearly marked "Laptop >Battery". It arrived in less than a week, no problems w/USPS. Lucky ... mine got caught up in those anthrax scares and took a month, also with USPS :-/ >A quick check >of the USPS regs showed restrictions for corrosive chemicals, but not for >"Computer Parts". Trouble is, as the shipper the responsibility for accurate >declaration lies with the seller, so this argument may be moot... I don't think LiIon batteries even count as being caustic ... certainly NiMH and NiCAD batteries (despite the warnings on them) are pretty harmless even if you do end up with the contents all over yourself (just as long as you don't get any IN yourself!). >> Lasty, what is the 'real' running time on a 50CT with the std batt (no >> extras except the mini port rep) and say with a medium 'hairy light >> bulb"? > >Using new PA2498U guts in a PA2503U case, in a L100 on full-power HDD and >video (white HLB), but just idling, I get >4 hours. OK that does it, I'm getting a new pack for this laptop ... heh When you say PA2498U guts in the PA2503U case do you mean just the cells or do you also mean the charging electronics? I've got a PA2441U here (the standard pack for a Portege 300 from the same era), I know I could probably remove the cells and put them in the existing one but seeing as the existing PA2403U is still doing reasonably well I'm wondering what the chances are I could just do a bit of cutting here and there and get it to fit (the connector seems to be identical, its just displaced to the left by about 8mm or so) ... the pack itself is virtually identical in size and shape to the PA2503U, its just perhaps half a millimeter longer (as in I could probably force it to fit into the libby but I'd warp the case). - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
