From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Fri Aug 25 2000 - 01:01:27 EDT
OR, disassemble it, finde some new NiCad cells and try to rebuild it..
OR, send it or sell it to a battery rebuilder..
:-)
STeve Andre' wrote:
>
**SNIP**
As for the carcass of a battery, the best bet is to drop it off at a recycling
station...
>
>
> --STeve Andre
>
> At 09:08 AM 8/24/00 -0800, Jonathan Berry wrote:
> >1. The TP 701 was introduced in May 1995. Since then, we've come
> >some way in battery technology, but the batteries I see available are
> >still the same old ... has anyone come up with a 701 battery
> >which is lighter or has a higher energy density (= keep the
> >laptop running longer)?
> >
> >
> >2. Mommy, what happens to batteries when they die? I have a
> >dead battery, surely parts of it are worth something.
> >
> >
> >3. I remember a few years ago a company was going to resurrect
> >apparently dead NiCad batteries by applying high frequency charges
> >to them and thereby break up the memory effect. It was written
> >up in a major computer magazine. Sounded like a good idea.
> >Did it happen? If not, was it just a dead-end idea
> >business-wise, or was it a hoax? Or did it work, but not well
> >enough to make a difference to most people?
-- ---Happy trails...
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