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> 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. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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