If its a li-ion battery you can read more about them here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_battery

djrock

Edited September 25, 200817 yr by djrock

"However certain kinds of mistreatment may cause Li-ion batteries to explode"

er - thanks for that, even more worried now LOL

Gus,

biggest issue, thats if it runs without the battery (and not all will), is if you have a power out you will loose your work, being a laptop this could be simply knocking the power plug out at the worst possible moment - like half way through reading one of my posts (if you ever do read more than half ).

i found with older laptop batts if left charging 24/7 it did shorten their lives, i had a Packard Bell which did this.

mind you, i bought a generic replacement off ebay and it was near twice as good run time as the original was when new.

regs

alan

"However certain kinds of mistreatment may cause Li-ion batteries to explode"

er - thanks for that, even more worried now LOL

This is what can happen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeWq6rWzChw

Mobile phones use that type of battery as well.

I think you have to damage it in a way that’s say creates a hole then charge it or as they did force the battery into an unstable state.

Edited September 26, 200817 yr by djrock

This is what can happen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeWq6rWzChw

Mobile phones use that type of battery as well.

I think you have to damage it in a way that

Edited September 26, 200817 yr by anguscanplay

That

not shoot it with the air rifle then?

starting to have doubts about all this now

Dont forget your laptop battery could just spontaneously combust if its one that was recalled but you missed the recall notice.

There have been loads of recall notices on laptop li-ion batteries for different manu's laptops... Worth checking to see if you have a laptop whether it has a recall on the battery for it or not.

Dont forget your laptop battery could just spontaneously combust if its one that was recalled but you missed the recall notice.

There have been loads of recall notices on laptop li-ion batteries for different manu's laptops... Worth checking to see if you have a laptop whether it has a recall on the battery for it or not.

and thanks .......

I`m only using the computer in the local library from now on.

and thanks .......

I`m only using the computer in the local library from now on.

watch out for papercuts...