[ltp] Battery recommendations for T41?

[Clark Williams]

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Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> Quoting Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>:
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>> I've got a T41 and the battery capacity is down to 50%, so I'm looking
>> for a replacement. After seeing pictures of Alan Cox's thinkpad 600
>> meltdown, I'd like to ensure that the battery doesn't contain Sony cells :).
>>
>> Anyone have recommendations for/against specific brands/models?
>>
> 
> The stock IBM batteries for the T41 are not part of the recall, though
> they do contain Sony batteries.  IIRC, T43's are the oldest T4x
> laptops that are affected.  It appears that a lot of the problematic
> parts are 3rd party batteries and especially chargers.
> 

I never really considered purchasing a battery from IBM; have to go
price them...

BTW, my IBM battery has Sanyo cells, not Sony cells:

$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
present:                 yes
design capacity:         47520 mWh
last full capacity:      23800 mWh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          10800 mV
design capacity warning: 1190 mWh
design capacity low:     200 mWh
capacity granularity 1:  1 mWh
capacity granularity 2:  1 mWh
model number:            IBM-08K8193
serial number:           12189
battery type:            LION
OEM info:                SANYO




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