t21 battery life?

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t21 battery life?

#1 Post by renhui » Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:24 pm

I recently purchased a used t21 lion battery off ebay, it has design capacity at 42wh, and shows a full charge capacity at 32wh. However, the battery jumped from 40% to 5% in real use, and I have done two regeneration cycles to recalibrate the battery meter, nothing!
Also, I tried to benchmark the battery by playing a vdieo off the harddrive with brightness set at 5. it only lasted a little bit over 1 hrs, is that normal for a battery which still holds 75% of full charge?
My old battery only held 50% of full charge and lasted me more than 100mins! (but it died all of a sudden.)
Thank you very much.
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Past: T400/T61/T60/X60T/X60/Z60/X41T/X40/T21

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#2 Post by TonyJZX » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:14 pm

What is the build date, first use and current health of your 'new' used battery?

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#3 Post by renhui » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:23 pm

here is what Battery Information reports:
manufacturer name: Panasonic02
manufacturer date: 2004-04-28
first used date: 2004-10
design capacity: 42.12wh
full charge capacity: 31.17wh
current health status is "good".
Thank you.
TonyJZX wrote:What is the build date, first use and current health of your 'new' used battery?
Current Thinkpad Gallery: X301 X200 T40
Past: T400/T61/T60/X60T/X60/Z60/X41T/X40/T21

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