[NTLK] Re-celling G3-era laptop batteries -- DON'T THROW OUT THE OLD BATTERIES!

[arceeHS]

RE Battery Refill aka eBattery

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/eBattery_Inc_8

arceeHS


On 7/15/15, Steven Frank <stevenf at panic.com> wrote:
> Wow, thanks for all the info!
>
> It looks like most of the places that were selling replacements (PowerBook
> Medic, Newer) no longer have any stock.
>
> I might try BatteryRefill, although the site looks slightly sketchy.  Maybe
> I should get hold of someone there first and make sure they can still do
> it.
>
> No way am I going to attempt re-celling myself.  :)  I will end up burning
> my house down...
>
> There's also this on Amazon:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/eReplacements-Battery-for-Apple-Powerbook/dp/B000YA9GX8
> <http://www.amazon.com/eReplacements-Battery-for-Apple-Powerbook/dp/B000YA9GX8>
>
> The price is right, but why does it say it fits Lombard but NOT Pismo or
> Wallstreet?  I thought they all used the same battery.
>
> I'll hang onto the dead batteries in BatteryRefill looks like the way to
> go...
>
> Steven
>
>
>> On Jul 15, 2015, at 5:21 AM, Lord Groundhog <lordgroundhog at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Back in the day, when my Pismos were the only game in town for me, I came
>> across a company who would do rebuilds with Li-Ion cells if you sent the
>> old
>> battery.  Unfortunately, I lost a load of bookmarks including that
>> company.
>> They still may be out there but it may take some searching.  I no longer
>> remember anything useful about them.
>>
>> That service I never used because I was in a hurry and found a great
>> source
>> of new batteries from a company called Powerbook Medic
>> <powerbookmedic.com>.
>> At the time they were selling new batteries of higher specs (7800 mah);
>> AFAIK they now only provide used batteries but you'd have to check to see
>> if
>> they still can provide new ones.  (FYI, they also sell the PRAM batteries
>> and other useful items for older computers in case you need such.)
>>
>> Using 2 Powerbook Medic batteries (for those who don't know, a Pismo will
>> carry 2 batteries at once by swapping out the CD/DVD player) I was
>> recording
>> up to 13 hours of uninterrupted work time.  That's more than enough to
>> fly
>> between the UK and the US, for example, and work the whole time except
>> take-off and landing, and still have enough work time left over if I
>> needed
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I just did a quick search for "recell pismo battery M7318" and found
>> this:
>> http://www.batteryrefill.com/laptops/apple/PowerBook_G3_Lombard.phtml
>> (Note:  this battery also fits the Pismo.)  It's not the same company but
>> it
>> seems to offer the same service:  you end up with new cells that will
>> yield
>> higher capacity.
>>
>> You can do a similar search to find such sites in your own geographical
>> area.  There seem to be more of them than I expected.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> One more thing.  Back then, I also found instructions somewhere
>> explaining
>> how to recell a Pismo battery pack yourself.  I don't know who that was
>> either -- another lost bookmark.
>>
>> So, doing another search, I came to this:
>> http://people.wallawalla.edu/~Rob.Frohne/Powerbook/Pismo/Battery/
>>
>> Plainly, he demonstrates the useful basic steps, but he also reports
>> shortcomings with his method.  Perhaps someone here with more
>> understanding
>> of such things will see how to do better?
>>
>> There's also this:
>> http://lowendmac.com/ed/hatchett/08jh/inside-powerbook-battery.html
>>
>>
>>
>> There seem to be some others as well, but I can't evaluate the
>> instructions.
>> I suspect that the instructions I've linked, if combined with sufficient
>> electrical knowledge and a reasonable bit of practical skill, could be
>> sufficient to carry out this operation successfully.
>>
>>
>> Incidentally, this is a good general site for all things Pismo (and all
>> things older-Mac):
>> http://lowendmac.com/2000/pismo-powerbook-2000-firewire/
>>
>>
>>
>> So yes, don't be too hasty getting rid of old batteries.  The shells can
>> be
>> re-celled, if not by you, at least by someone else.
>>
>>
>>
>> PS -- there was also a G4 upgrade (and it's still available, I think) but
>> I
>> only put that on one Pismo.  In the end I decided it reduced the battery
>> life by more than the speed boost was worth to me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Shalom.
>>
>> Christian
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