Posts in 2010 Mar 01

12Cell 98Wh Dell Inspiron 5100 Lithium battery review

2010-02-28 22:03:38

12Cell 98Wh Dell Inspiron 5100 Lithium battery review

Dell's first model in its revamped consumer notebook range, the mainstream Inspiron 5100, is different both inside and out. Gone is the buttoned-down grey case, to be replaced by a two-tone 'Venice blue and moonlight silver' design. Also a little mistake is that the Dell inspiron 5100 battery is too heavy to make the notebook a little importable.

Last Saturday I went to a schoole to do a PPT lecture. So I should buy a battery replacement for the trip. I just use the battery a little so I do not decide to buy a expensive Dell original one or buy a replacement from some other manufacturers. I searched the "Dell inspiron 5100 Battery" in Dell.com and Amazon .com and found many interesting customer reviews.


The picture just from a online shop : www.battery4.us

The Dell Inspiron 5100 battery specs :
Technology : 12-cell lithium ion
Voltage: 14.8V
Capacity : 98Wh
Max Recharge Cycles : 500
Weight: 722.91 g
Fits Model : Inspiron 1100 Battery , Dell inspiron 5100 Battery

From the below specs you can see that the laptop battery is a big and heavy battery with 12 cells. It also can last 3-4 hours showing the PPT documents ( I have test that). In all the battery is not a good choice as its weight (same as the adapter and lines). Let me see the customer reviews of the Original one and replacement.

The original One review:

This Inspiron 1100 Battery worked first time. Two batteries from cheaper sites didn't work at all and we had the duty of returning the defective batteries. Dell's was more expensive but worth it!!

VERY EXPENSING! Double the cost of a car battery. But you need it if you want your older computer to be portable. My new lithium-ion battery for my dell inspiron 1100 laptop has a 2 hour and 15 minute capacity.excellent! that's all the time i need for wireless.

The Dell inspiron 5100 battery replacement from Amazon :

Ordered this Dell Inspiron 5100 Battery for my laptop. Arrived and it was dead. Contacted company to return it. Communication on how to return the product was timely, but when I got a replacement battery that was dead too. I was able to return it and even though I got all my money back in full it was a lot of headache going back and forth with the emails and having to twice make a trip to the post office to ship it back. It took a over a month to finally close this issue. Even though I got all my money back in full and the emails on the status was very communicative it was a pain. It took two dead batteries to be delivered to a customer before an email from customer service stated that maybe the batch was bad and it needed to be looked into.

The price was right, the quality was great, and it arrived quickly. Far less expensive than buying from Dell. Thanks! Battery works perfectly, fits perfectly and lasts longer then the factory battery ever did. It is rater higher too.

The article Via Laptop batetry blog

Category : battery

Laptop battery using tips

2010-02-28 22:10:23

Laptop battery using tips

Should we remove the battery when the laptop powered by Household Electricity?

Do not remove the laptop battery when using the AC adapter. If your area have no steady voltage or electricity, a sudden power failure happend when you at work, the work you have done lost and the machine may also burn motherboards without the battery protect.

Notice when charging

Usually used when the Apple A1078 battery discharges to 10% of charge can be carried out, do not discharge to 0% every time before charging. In general the battery will be fully charged in 2-3 hours with machine shutdown , 4-5 hours with machine using. IBM's notebook can not charge at 95% , COMPAQ laptop in about 90% before charging, this is designed to avoid the repeated charge and discharge damage to laptop. Requests depth of discharge once a month : discharge to 5% of the time , shut down the machine to re-charge. "Note - Do not let the Sony VGP-BPS8 battery completely discharged". Remove the battery if do not use battery for a long time, please charge the battery to 50% before store.

Why do laptop batteries consumed when laptop turned off and cut off the power supply?

please see the following reasons:

1. The computer shut down, the laptop battery will provide power for RTC functions.

2. The power switch is not only the power line switch, but also the management control of power supply switch, the signal sent to the power switch function.

That is, the management of the power supply controller connecting the iBook G4 14 Battery and power adapter has been a state power, so electricity consumption.

Micro-computer circuit to run, even send a message will consume battery power.

VAIO batteries, not just the battery, but also added to monitor the battery status (Apple PowerBook G4 12 inch Battery remaining capacity and charge and discharge current value, the temperature of the battery group, etc.) built-in micro-computer, and at regular intervals Send a signal to the computer functions.

Therefore, loading the battery in the computer will definitely consume electricity, even put out there will be a natural addition to discharge outside the electricity consumption. Thus, even cut off the power supply, battery consumption is normal.

The article via : Thirdshoping.co.uk

Category : battery

Simple Guidelines about using battery when charging and storing

2010-02-28 22:15:09

Simple Guidelines about using battery when charging and storing

Avoid frequent full discharges because this leads to additional power consumption of the backup battery. Frequent partial discharges with many charges are better for lithium-ion laptop battery than one total discharge. Charging a partially discharged lithium-ion battery, the battery does not hurt, since no memory effect occurs. (In this respect, lithium-ion differs) of nickel-based batteries. The short battery life in a laptop is justified by the heat rather than through many charge / discharge cycles ..

Although free from memory, it should at lithium-ion batteries are only aware after 30 cycles, a full discharge is to calibrate the Toshiba pa3384u 1brsToshiba pa3107u 1brs battery with the fuel gauge too. The discharge of the battery with the device serves this purpose. If this is ignored, the fuel gauge is crucial unreliable. The battery life will not be affected.

Lithium-ion Apple a1057A1012 batteries should be kept cool. Hot cars are to be avoided. For longer storage, the battery should have a charge of about 40%.

Consider removing the iBook G4 14 Battery battery from a laptop when it is fed from the mains. (Some laptop manufacturers are concerned about dust and moisture accumulating inside the battery compartment).

Abstain from the purchase of a replacement MacBook Pro 15 Battery battery for later use. Note the date of manufacture. Do not buy old batteries, even if they are offered at reasonable prices.

The article Via Battery blog

Category : battery

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