[PLUG] Rebuilding laptop battery packs

[jim karlock]

Might check prices for replacement batteries (not the cells inside) 
on Amazon - I have gotten several very OK batteries very cheap for 
cameras and 2 computers.

Thanks
JK


At 05:58 PM 12/29/2014, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>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
>
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