gene heskett wrote: ... > Speaking as a CET with some knowledge of battery degradation, the > thought of replacing an individual cell in a li-ion battery scares me. > That new battery will have a bit more capacity, which in turn may force > other older cells into reverse polarity, accelerating the rate of > failure of the rest of the cells, with the possibility of starting a > fire you can't put out. IOW, don't even consider it. Battery rebuilders > with any care for the result, may and should select the cells with a 1 % > or so like capacity, meaning your rebuilt battery s/b safe, but may not > have the labeled capacity. Does your charger know about the reduced > capacity?
those are good points. for the risk i'd say just get a new one. songbird
