[ltp] Re: battery questions

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> > Also, you're usually lied to when you buy these batteries (capacity,
> >> > technology, properly set-up controller).
> >> Do you have any evidence of that?
> > Yes, some reports here, and a LOT of them can be found through google.
> 
> Well, there's also been many reports of very satisfied customers.
> Maybe the place where they're bought matters?

Of *course* it matters.  What kind of questions are these?  What exactly are
you trying to convince yourself of?  That it could be fine to buy el-cheap-o
batteries from a third party?

The answers ARE obvious.  Yes, it could.  It is a matter of luck, and you
can try to maximize your chances of not buying damaged, broken, or inferior
packs by sticking to the more reputable third-party battery vendors, IF
there are any.

And do keep in mind that if you're dealing with anything smaller than a
MAJOR battery pack manufacturer that does contract work to HP, Dell, Lenovo,
LG or others like them and sells packs on the side for the aftermarket,
you'll just be getting cells bought from the gray and black market, cobbled
up together in a pack that is only good enough to work.

AFAIK there isn't a reputable third-party battery pack manufacturer that
would track cells, battery packs, and offer recalls.  We would have heard
from them during the last Li-ION cell mess, and there wasn't a single peep.
But I'd be willing to be proven wrong here.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh