Recommendations for A31p main battery replacement?

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chansonbleu · #1 Post by **chansonbleu** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:11 pm

Hi there,

I have a number of A31ps and am looking for a replacement for the main battery (FRU 02K6793). Since original IBM batteries for the A31p are getting expensive and harder to find, I wanted to see if anyone had experience with less costly third party replacements for these batteries (good or bad). All thoughts and comments are welcome.

Thanks!

Pete

fasterbybike · #2 Post by **fasterbybike** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:22 pm

I got a battery from Ebay. Cost was GBP35 and performance seems OK. Battery monitor shows manufacturer as "BND".

fasterbybike · #3 Post by **fasterbybike** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:01 pm

Long term update. Not so impressed with the battery after 7 months

Battery MaxiMiser shows 47.6Wh design capacity.
Remaining capacity is 29.46Wh after 49 cycles.
That's seems a fairly aggressive degradation.

Can anyone recommend a good seller of TP batteries ?

ElbertR · #4 Post by **ElbertR** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:38 pm

3 out of the 4 of these so called 'replacement' batteries did not work for me.

You might be better of sending your old batteries to batteryrefill.com. These guys simply replace the cells in your old battery and it will work like new after that.

sparta.rising · #5 Post by **sparta.rising** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:28 pm

I'd have to disagree with the batteryrefill.com recommendation. See this thread:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=64302

If you do a google search you'll find similar experiences.

ElbertR · #6 Post by **ElbertR** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:51 pm

sparta.rising wrote:I'd have to disagree with the batteryrefill.com recommendation. See this thread:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=64302

If you do a google search you'll find similar experiences.

Too bad others had problems, but they did fine for me.

Given the fact that most 'replacement' batteries don't work in my experience and orginal IBM's are hard to find, it's still an option to consider.

I Use Dial · #7 Post by **I Use Dial** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:22 am

I've been using this one for a few months. Works great:

http://www.pricegrabber.com/user_sales_ ... id=1618450

In battery status I get the following info:

Battery name: IBM-COMPATIBLE
Unique ID: 399734SEAIBM-COMPATIBLE
Chemistry: LION
Power State: On Line
Manufacturer: 4SEA

Recommendations for A31p main battery replacement?

Recommendations for A31p main battery replacement?

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