I have accumulated a bunch of old Lenovo T60 laptop battery packs that don't hold a charge. Lifting the label - the cells are standard, perhaps replaceable by new ones.
Anybody interested in rebuilding battery packs? My packs are glued or plastic-welded together, so I would need a hot knife to open them, appropriate adhesive to put them together again, a small spot welder to tab the batteries, and presumably a ventilated space to work, in case a cell catches fire. With enough participants we could buy the right tools and buy cells in bulk. Not sure how many types we would need. My T60s and X60s both use CG18650 cells, which are $39 for 12 Panasonic cells on eBay, $499 for 360 cells. Chinese cells might be cheaper (both ways). This cell size is often used for "vaping"; does that push price up or down, or merely attract dangerous counterfeits? Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
