Thinkpad 600 and aftermarket batteries

Anybody pleased with buying re-manufactured batteries for the TP600?
I bought one. It charged in an hour but got less than 9 minutes
operation on battery (said ATB brand). Tried several full
charge/discharge operations to no avail.

Store promptly sent a replacement (no name on this one). It took
forever to charge (nearly 4 hours) but worked and I got about 1-1/2
hours on the battery (doing nothing but letting it run down with full
power on LCD screen). Did a couple full charge/discharges for good
measure. Subsequent charge times were about 3 hours, battery lasted
about 1-1/2 hours. Next day, half way through what seemed like a
'normal' operation the laptop powered off while running on battery.
Plugged in the a/c. Power meter said battery was 40% and charging,
but it stays that way forever. Tried to discharge but pc drops power
shortly after going on battery.

Is this typical of the $50-70 reman batteries? Is 1-1/2 hr. about all
I can expect from the TP600? These "re-mans" I got remind me of the
used car battery place that just refills with acid and beats the
plates around with a hammer hoping the customer will get far enough
away to not bother bringing it back.

Re-mans are no good!
Eagle Imports sell new Japanese batts for the 600. So far have bought
around 20 with no problems. Look for them on Ebay
I am having problems with X20 batterys bought from access power
The first on went nuts after 9 cycles - laptop would not even boot
with it installed,
The replcement received today stopped displaying the remaining percent
at around 50%, then came back up again?
Maybe a controller problem in the battery

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:08:39 -0600, ned <> wrote:

>Anybody pleased with buying re-manufactured batteries for the TP600?
>I bought one. It charged in an hour but got less than 9 minutes
>operation on battery (said ATB brand). Tried several full
>charge/discharge operations to no avail.
>
> Store promptly sent a replacement (no name on this one). It took
>forever to charge (nearly 4 hours) but worked and I got about 1-1/2
>hours on the battery (doing nothing but letting it run down with full
>power on LCD screen). Did a couple full charge/discharges for good
>measure. Subsequent charge times were about 3 hours, battery lasted
>about 1-1/2 hours. Next day, half way through what seemed like a
>'normal' operation the laptop powered off while running on battery.
>Plugged in the a/c. Power meter said battery was 40% and charging,
>but it stays that way forever. Tried to discharge but pc drops power
>shortly after going on battery.
>
>Is this typical of the $50-70 reman batteries? Is 1-1/2 hr. about all
>I can expect from the TP600? These "re-mans" I got remind me of the
>used car battery place that just refills with acid and beats the
>plates around with a hammer hoping the customer will get far enough
>away to not bother bringing it back.

Bruce,
When you say 'new' from Eagle, does that mean everything is new or
they just install new cells but use the old case and circuit board? I
thought new cells were what the re-mans did. The place I got these
from is also Eagle, but in Tenn. Their ad claims New OEM (used case,
new cells).

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:44:56 GMT, (Bruce
Markowitz) wrote:

>Re-mans are no good!
>Eagle Imports sell new Japanese batts for the 600. So far have bought
>around 20 with no problems. Look for them on Ebay
>I am having problems with X20 batterys bought from access power
>The first on went nuts after 9 cycles - laptop would not even boot
>with it installed,
>The replcement received today stopped displaying the remaining percent
>at around 50%, then came back up again?
>Maybe a controller problem in the battery
>
>On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:08:39 -0600, ned <> wrote:
>
>>Anybody pleased with buying re-manufactured batteries for the TP600?
>>I bought one. It charged in an hour but got less than 9 minutes
>>operation on battery (said ATB brand). Tried several full
>>charge/discharge operations to no avail.
>>
>> Store promptly sent a replacement (no name on this one). It took
>>forever to charge (nearly 4 hours) but worked and I got about 1-1/2
>>hours on the battery (doing nothing but letting it run down with full
>>power on LCD screen). Did a couple full charge/discharges for good
>>measure. Subsequent charge times were about 3 hours, battery lasted
>>about 1-1/2 hours. Next day, half way through what seemed like a
>>'normal' operation the laptop powered off while running on battery.
>>Plugged in the a/c. Power meter said battery was 40% and charging,
>>but it stays that way forever. Tried to discharge but pc drops power
>>shortly after going on battery.
>>
>>Is this typical of the $50-70 reman batteries? Is 1-1/2 hr. about all
>>I can expect from the TP600? These "re-mans" I got remind me of the
>>used car battery place that just refills with acid and beats the
>>plates around with a hammer hoping the customer will get far enough
>>away to not bother bringing it back.

I don't know anything about your Eagle, I buy new, nothing re-made
Re-celling Li-Ion is rarely successful

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 23:00:50 -0600, ned <> wrote:

>Bruce,
>When you say 'new' from Eagle, does that mean everything is new or
>they just install new cells but use the old case and circuit board? I
>thought new cells were what the re-mans did. The place I got these
>from is also Eagle, but in Tenn. Their ad claims New OEM (used case,
>new cells).
>
>On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:44:56 GMT, (Bruce
>Markowitz) wrote:
>
>>Re-mans are no good!
>>Eagle Imports sell new Japanese batts for the 600. So far have bought
>>around 20 with no problems. Look for them on Ebay
>>I am having problems with X20 batterys bought from access power
>>The first on went nuts after 9 cycles - laptop would not even boot
>>with it installed,
>>The replcement received today stopped displaying the remaining percent
>>at around 50%, then came back up again?
>>Maybe a controller problem in the battery
>>
>>On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:08:39 -0600, ned <> wrote:
>>
>>>Anybody pleased with buying re-manufactured batteries for the TP600?
>>>I bought one. It charged in an hour but got less than 9 minutes
>>>operation on battery (said ATB brand). Tried several full
>>>charge/discharge operations to no avail.
>>>
>>> Store promptly sent a replacement (no name on this one). It took
>>>forever to charge (nearly 4 hours) but worked and I got about 1-1/2
>>>hours on the battery (doing nothing but letting it run down with full
>>>power on LCD screen). Did a couple full charge/discharges for good
>>>measure. Subsequent charge times were about 3 hours, battery lasted
>>>about 1-1/2 hours. Next day, half way through what seemed like a
>>>'normal' operation the laptop powered off while running on battery.
>>>Plugged in the a/c. Power meter said battery was 40% and charging,
>>>but it stays that way forever. Tried to discharge but pc drops power
>>>shortly after going on battery.
>>>
>>>Is this typical of the $50-70 reman batteries? Is 1-1/2 hr. about all
>>>I can expect from the TP600? These "re-mans" I got remind me of the
>>>used car battery place that just refills with acid and beats the
>>>plates around with a hammer hoping the customer will get far enough
>>>away to not bother bringing it back.
>