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From: SPGJAF@CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU (Joseph A. Faracchio {415} 642-7638 {w})
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: T1000SE batteries
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Date: 28 Jun 91 17:05:00 GMT
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We bought two (count 'em_ 2) extra batteries last year with our T1000SE.
One of them seems to be 'flaky'.  It is a shared laptop that is checked
out for trips.   Whenever I get it, the batteries are so far discharged
that it takes 5 minutes for the charging light to even go on.  The
first time this happened I thought something was broke.

Of the three batteries, the one that is flaky seems to not hold a charge
all the time.  But I'm not sure as I only 'play' with it when I've got
a trip pending.   When I get it for a trip I take it home a week early
and cycle all three batteries up and down a few times.   This helps.

The flaky battery gets warmer than the others during charging.
I have noticed the T1000SE will re-start a charge process if you take
a newly charged battery out of the case and put it back in (causing the
meter gauge to get confused.)  But I worry this 'extra charging' is not
needed and bad for the unit.

I suspect these Toshiba batteries are not
100% alright and I wonder if I bug Toshiba I might discover a 'hidden'
warranty (i.e. if you complain they agreed to a replacement)???

                                  cheers .. joe.f.
                                         UC Berkeley