Anyone ever try rebuilding a T410 battery?

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Anyone ever try rebuilding a T410 battery?

#1 Post by albo » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:45 am

If so, how'd it go? Any pointers?

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Re: Anyone ever try rebuilding a T410 battery?

#2 Post by jayton4 » Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:13 am

It does not really make much sense to try to rebuild a T410 battery. The risks that are involved if things don't go as planned include ruining the computer at the least, and starting a fire that could put yourself or others in danger at the worst. The computer is recent enough to have a lot of useful life left. What happened to its original battery that would necessitate a rebuild? I doubt that you are going to find someone that has tried it with the T410 battery specifically.

If saving money is your reasoning, I think you are headed down the wrong path. If exploring and learning is your reason, then that is another story. This kind of project is better suited for very old laptops where the manufacturer no longer makes replacement batteries and are not readily available.

There is some kind of logic contained in there that can report things like it's first use date, serial number, designed Whr capacity, recharging cycles etc. That stuff probably would no longer work with a rebuild.

If you are looking for pointers, I think you should be looking for pointers on rebuilding laptop batteries in general. I do not think there is anything different about a T410 battery technology that other manufacturer's models would not have.
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Re: Anyone ever try rebuilding a T410 battery?

#3 Post by albo » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:09 am

thanks jayton. the reasoning is saving cash. i looked up rebuilding for other laptops, and i decided against it once i saw the effort involved. If it were a matter cracking the case and replacing some cells, that'd be one thing. But it looks like more than that.

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