garrybunk
(garrybunk)
December 20, 2012, 1:51pm
1
So I get a hold of my first "dead" laptop battery pack to pull cells from (a Dell) and this is what I find inside:
Argh! I'm so disappointed! Oh well, I've got some more coming my way soon.
This pack was awful to get apart to get to the cells! There is no way I could re-cell a pack like this! I destroyed it getting it apart.
-Garry
dthrckt
(dthrckt)
December 20, 2012, 1:54pm
2
is that from a mac?
i did that. once.
haven’t had much luck w/ regular packs either though (ie 90% of cells were junk).
garry, if you don’t want them I’d be happy to take them off your hands as I’m after some more lipos to make a power tool pack. I can swap for tested salvaged 18650s if you want, I have plenty of those
Jalben
(Jalben)
December 20, 2012, 2:01pm
4
I’ve salvaged 3 laptop batteries so far, 2 of them have gotten me 18650s, but one was these prismatic cells. Not sure what I’m gonna do with them yet either.
garrybunk
(garrybunk)
December 20, 2012, 2:08pm
5
dthrckt, this was a basic Dell laptop about 5 years old.
mattthemuppet:
garry, if you don’t want them I’d be happy to take them off your hands as I’m after some more lipos to make a power tool pack. I can swap for tested salvaged 18650s if you want, I have plenty of those
Sending PM
-Garry
awesome Garry, thanks for the that. Donation dropped into your karma jar
don’t give up though, salvaging laptop batteries is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get!
Pulled 8 green Sanyo ICR 18650:s off a Dell-pack at the electronics-bin at work, all above 2.5V, yiihaaw!
Opened up my old Toshiba Qosmio:s pack, 8 Sony cells, 7 at 0V and 1 at 1.4V, crap!