From: "Neil Waldhauer" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:49:23 -0700
To: "eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] T61 dead battery
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:37:09 -0700 (PDT), "Jon" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com> wrote:

> Pardon me for the off topic post, I hope someone here can help me out.
> 
> My T61 has a 9 cell battery, 2 yrs old.  

I read all this stuff about batteries. Charging them, conditioning them,
memory, and stuff. But very little of that corresponds to anything I learned on
the way to my Chemistry degree. I'm guessing that keeping the temperature
moderate is more important than most people are saying. I leave my batteries
charging almost all the time. The temperature in Santa Cruz is moderate, and
changes little over the course of a year. My batteries last a long time.

> Perhaps someone knows of a trusted vendor?

Ideally, I'd like a BYD battery. That's likely to be what Lenovo is buying. But
since I don't read Chinese, I'd go with something cheap from Chuck's list. If
it breaks, and you buy another one, you've still saved a lot. Otherwise,
there's a good chance you are getting exactly the same battery with a different
brand name.

Neil
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