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Can I charge a 10.8V, 8.7Ah, 94Wh battery with another laptop that uses 10.8V, 5.2Ah and 57Wh.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:17 am
by Lenguen
Long story short, I need to charge the first battery, from a W520, with a T430 laptop.
Can I do it safely or will it burn everything down?
Re: Can I charge a 10.8V, 8.7Ah, 94Wh battery with another laptop that uses 10.8V, 5.2Ah and 57Wh.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:12 am
by RealBlackStuff
You cannot charge a W520/T520/T420 battery in a W530/T530/T430, but v.v. is OK.
See if this helps:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=118634
Re: Can I charge a 10.8V, 8.7Ah, 94Wh battery with another laptop that uses 10.8V, 5.2Ah and 57Wh.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:43 pm
by Lenguen
Oh yes, thanks.
And the other way around? I just tried the battery from the T430 on the W520 and it worked. Can I use it safely?
Re: Can I charge a 10.8V, 8.7Ah, 94Wh battery with another laptop that uses 10.8V, 5.2Ah and 57Wh.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:27 pm
by RealBlackStuff
RealBlackStuff wrote:You cannot charge a W520/T520/T420 battery in a W530/T530/T430, but v.v. is OK.
Re: Can I charge a 10.8V, 8.7Ah, 94Wh battery with another laptop that uses 10.8V, 5.2Ah and 57Wh.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:28 pm
by hhhd1
Lenguen wrote:Long story short, I need to charge the first battery, from a W520, with a T430 laptop.
Can I do it safely or will it burn everything down?
both batteries are electrically compataible, just in the T430 Lenovo have added a security chip to require new batteries only.
so this will work only if your battery in the w520 is a relatively new replacement battery.
otherwise, ..
try to hot plug it, .. while the t430 is turned-on with it's original battery connected, remove the battery and connect the one you want to charge.