Notebook battery

[geordieb]

Can anyone let me know where I can buy a battery for a Lenovo notebook in Pattaya?

[pbay]

I suppose Tukcom.

[ezzra]

My advice, buy on line, will cost you like 1/3 of the price you will pay here

in LOS for some reason... and a better quality as well...

[Chicog]

My advice, buy on line, will cost you like 1/3 of the price you will pay here

in LOS for some reason... and a better quality as well...

Buy the real thing though, there are loads of scammers using recycled cells to make "replacement" batteries.

[Pib]

Buying the real thing can be challenging unless buying from the laptop manufacturer or a very reputable company because so many online and small in-store sellers are selling knockoffs, batteries stating something like "OEM Equivalent" , and/or batteries nearing the end of their shelf life (i.e., new batteries that got old waiting to be sold). But for me, I almost always buy my batteries off Ebay, do my best to determine if the Ebay seller is repubable (but you are still making a guess), make an evaluation on the details they provide in their ad, and then buy. I usually endup getting the battery at 1/2 or 1/3 the price if a person was to buy direct from the laptop manufacturer or local Thai store. And almost always get good life from the battery although I did buy one laptop battery that died quickly after only six months. Many batteries in Thailand (i.e, computer and vehicle batteries) are generally significantly more expensive than buying batteries in western countries...then again you can buy some batteries really cheap in Thailand like those small batteries they sell in 20 baht outlets.

Edited April 26, 2014 by Pib

[Chicog]

If you are buying off eBay, email the seller and ask them to confirm that the battery is new and does not contain any recycled cells.

Then check it when you get it, using a utility like BatteryBar.

That way you will have a paper trail to use with eBay if you open a dispute.

Someone did this to me and the refund was almost immediate.

[geordieb]

Thank you Pib and Chicog.

[sirchai]

My advice, buy on line, will cost you like 1/3 of the price you will pay here

in LOS for some reason... and a better quality as well...

Buy the real thing though, there are loads of scammers using recycled cells to make "replacement" batteries.

Could I bring my almost dead DELL Inspiron 1440 battery back to life by doing so? Guess batteries aren't that expensive.

Just found that. As far as i remember is the going price in LOS around 3,000 baht.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenmar-lithium-ion-battery-for-dell-inspiron-1440-and-1750-series-laptops/1224806.p?id=1218237710449&skuId=1224806

Edited April 27, 2014 by sirchai

[NeverSure]

Just buy off Ebay. I don't think there are any batteries made in the West due to pollution problems in disposing of and handling the materials used in manufacturing. Some countries in Asia don't give a rip. There is also a very limited number of ni-cad manufacturers in the world and chances are that a generic is made by the same company that made your branded one.

I was happy to find a much bigger battery for my older laptop that had about 1.5 as many AH's as the original. It stuck out a little in the back of the laptop, but the extra run time was well worth it. Check into that. If your battery is 9 AH, see if you can find a 12 as an example. (When you're buying for a laptop.)

The few batteries I've bought over the years usually come from Hong Kong, and I always buy 2 and keep them both charged.

Edited April 27, 2014 by NeverSure

[Pib]

Laptop batteries are Lithium not NICAD.

Sent from my Samsung S4

[sirchai]

Just buy off Ebay. I don't think there are any batteries made in the West due to pollution problems in disposing of and handling the materials used in manufacturing. Some countries in Asia don't give a rip. There is also a very limited number of ni-cad manufacturers in the world and chances are that a generic is made by the same company that made your branded one.

I was happy to find a much bigger battery for my older laptop that had about 1.5 as many AH's as the original. It stuck out a little in the back of the laptop, but the extra run time was well worth it. Check into that. If your battery is 9 AH, see if you can find a 12 as an example. (When you're buying for a laptop.)

The few batteries I've bought over the years usually come from Hong Kong, and I always buy 2 and keep them both charged.

Couldn't I- theoretically- open up that case and renew the batteries only?

just looked at it, says "Only Japan." Next to it a sticker: " Made in China."

[Pib]

Just buy off Ebay. I don't think there are any batteries made in the West due to pollution problems in disposing of and handling the materials used in manufacturing. Some countries in Asia don't give a rip. There is also a very limited number of ni-cad manufacturers in the world and chances are that a generic is made by the same company that made your branded one.

I was happy to find a much bigger battery for my older laptop that had about 1.5 as many AH's as the original. It stuck out a little in the back of the laptop, but the extra run time was well worth it. Check into that. If your battery is 9 AH, see if you can find a 12 as an example. (When you're buying for a laptop.)

The few batteries I've bought over the years usually come from Hong Kong, and I always buy 2 and keep them both charged.

Couldn't I- theoretically- open up that case and renew the batteries only?

just looked at it, says "Only Japan." Next to it a sticker: " Made in China."

I thought about doing that before with the battery packs for my two different Toshiba laptops. Opening up the battery pack case can be challenging. But what I found to be the real challenge was finding individual lithium batteries on Ebay at a price that was cheaper than buying a whole new pack. I never could find the individual batteries cheap enough. If you did have the individual batteries then you must do some soldering to remove/replace the batteries while being careful not to damage the small circuit board in the battery pack. Nope, I expect in the great majority of cases, it would be better and cheaper just to buy the whole battery pack.