[ale] Cheap laptop battery replacement

[ale at FultonGreen.com (Fulton Green)]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 10:09:43AM -0500, Dow Hurst wrote:
> I have a Dell Latitude CPt 333MHz laptop.  It is a great machine and has 
> worked well.  The battery is long dead.  I'd like to replace it but it 
> requires the special Dell shaped battery.  I haven't cut open the old 
> battery case as I was hoping to open it without damage.  Haven't figured 
> out how to do that.  Does anyone know of how I could either:
> 
> 1.  Open up the battery and learn how to splice into the connections to 
> build a larger better battery.
> 
> 2. Or find a cheap battery replacement for less than $100.

Try Batteries Plus ( www.BatteriesPlus.com ).

Regardless of what you do, please remember to take your dead battery to
an RBRC center ( www.RBRC.org ) nearest you.  If it's good enough for
"Tool Time" Al, it's good enough for you.