Re: Re: Brand new (but old) battery not charging
Marcos <[email protected]>
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Hi, A 2017-02-25 21:58, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh escrigué: > It is possible for an *original* thinkpad battery to survive 10 years > at > good condition, but *not* if it was forgotten on the shelf. > > It takes: > > 1. Keeping it stored at ~10°C, non-condensing > > 2. Keeping it at 40-50% charge, so it needs to be partially recharged > every so often. Thanks for that information. I seriously doubt it has been kept like that. I asked for a refund and they did so, but didn't want me to send the battery back so.. They probably knew/assume it was/might be faulty. I don't know if I can do something to try to bring it back to life... Best regards, -- Marcos -- The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at: http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad