Dissecting a Laptop Battery

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by scarletboa

you can buy the individual cells from all-battery.com or some other place and you can just cut out the old cells and solder the new ones in. it's not as hard as you would think. i'm going to be doing the same thing with my laptop battery soon.

Exactly what I was thinking, just kinda scared considering this IS the only battery we have...
You going to do some documentation when you rebuild yours?

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Exactly what I was thinking, just kinda scared considering this IS the only battery we have...
You going to do some documentation when you rebuild yours?

I'm sure the cells inside are 18650's.

18mm in diameter X 65mm long.

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by sikeston34m

I'm sure the cells inside are 18650's.

18mm in diameter X 65mm long.

Hmm, yay.
18650's are fairly cheap, got a 6600mAh 3cell pack for $20!

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Hmm, yay.
18650's are fairly cheap, got a 6600mAh 3cell pack for $20!

Be careful.

You will need 8 matched cells I'm sure.

Back then, the highest capacity cells were 2000mah each.

I'm sure you are dealing with a 4S2P setup.

[sikeston34m]

Just ran the part number.

It's a Sony Laptop right?

You can get a NEW Laptop Battery for it, for $30 shipping on Ebay.

Would be much easier.

[sikeston34m]

The new Ebay ones are 4400mah.

4400mah = longer runtime.