Batteries that sit for awhile will lose their capacity to charge.  For
example, a NiCad battery supposedly loses 50% of it's charging capacity
every thirty days that it sits.  Unfortunately, you're going to have to
spend the money.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edna Sloan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 9:21 PM
Subject: Laptop battery


> I have a PC ARK (model P90, made by Twinhead) laptop that has gone dead.
It is about 3 years old, a Pll 300.  I let it sit for several months and now
the battery will not charge - it has 3 lights on the front that all would
light up when it was charged; now only one light will come on.  The battery
was getting where it would not hold a charge long before this happened.  It
will not work with only the adaptor plugged in - I assume because the
battery is gone.  If I pull out the battery, the one light will not even
come on - I don't believe it would ever work w/o the battery in on the
adaptor.  Is there any way to confirm that it is indeed a bad battery?  A
replacement goes for $170 from Twinhead, so I don't want to pay this
> for something I don't need.
> Thanks much,
> Edna
>
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