Typically, after charge and discharge for 300 times, the performance of laptop battery will be decreased, but many people prefer to buy expensive original battery but not to buy OEM batteries.
I have a friend like this around, I asked him why, the answer was: fear of problems. Expensive laptop, he would buy an original battery which has quality warranty, but will not buy the OEM batteries for fearing the bad quality cells.
This is a very typical answer, and if the purchase of low-quality batteries hurt his beloved notebooks and even cause accidents is indeed a depressing question. This will be completely disassembled an original IBM battery with a replacement OEM battery, the facts speak for themselves, to check that how is the quality of third-party replacement OEM battery. At the same time, we will introduce in the text interspersed basic knowledge of the battery and circuitry, specifically dedicated to love yourself DIY classmates.
Two batteries to be dismembered , IBM OEM battery and the original 6-cell IBM laptop batteries
Prior preparation, we need two batteries, wallpaper knife 2, the word screwdriver, a pry a piece.
Now all ready, hands split!.
Original IBM laptop batteries will be the first to be mutilated.
Battery closed beta is the gap where the greatest and there is no alignment, we will open it here.
With a wallpaper knife gently tilt here can, careful not to plan too deeply to avoid injury to the batteries.
Pry out from here, hardly managed to open the battery cover.
It is lifted above the state, we can see that this battery of six batteries and control circuitry arranged look. Classified according to cell media, which are lithium-ion laptop battery. Light weight, large capacity, no memory effect and so on.
Because the lithium-ion battery is almost no “memory effect” and does not contain toxic substances, etc, and now most of the more digital devices are used to make lithium-ion battery power, its price is relatively moderate, high energy density, its capacity is with the weight of the nickel-metal hydride batteries 1.5-2 times, and have low self-discharge rate.
This battery is a relatively common structure: laptop battery appears to be something of a box, which is in fact a number of “batteries” composed by series and parallel, in general, notebook batteries are used 18650 or 17670 batteries, the main because the two batteries have larger capacity, smaller size, are likely to cause the shape of the battery needed. We are now open for IBM battery is 18650, of which 18 representatives of diameter 18mm, 65 represent a high degree 65mm, Sanyo products.
Here the humble little piece of circuit board is also the power supply system of the laptop are crucial to do with. Because the basic lithium-ion batteries are 3.6V or so, the two batteries in series to double voltage; parallel voltage unchanged, but the capacity has changed twice. Such as IBM T series, capacity 4400mAh, voltage of 10.8V, the two values is the string from the six batteries and combination.
The information of original battery cells is not written in the skin, but on the printed batteries metallic cavity, the peeling skin to see.
Sorry about that, although the Sanyo is the batteries in is a good brand, but the piece of IBM original battery is only used Class B battery cells.
Well, we have made clear of IBM original battery internal structure, here we start dismantling OEM replacement battery.
This is the internal structure of the 9 cells OEM battery
From the exterior, it’s s similar to the original IBM laptop batteries.
The battery cells of this OEM battery is Samsung 18650, purple, marked ICR18650-26, in front of a model, the back 26 that a single volume 2600mAh, can be regarded as one of Samsung’s best cells.
Name: Samsung Li-ion rechargeable battery
Model: SAMSUNG ICR18650-26
Nominal Capacity: 2600mAh
Nominal Voltage: 3.7V
Diameter: 18.25mm
Height: 65.00mm
Weight: 50g
Density: 520Wh / I, 199Wh/kg
Charging method: constant current constant voltage (4.2V)
Maximum charge current: 1CmA (2400mA)
Maximum discharge current: 2CmA (4800mA)
Discharge Temperature: -20 ° C ~ +60 ° C
Charging time: 3hrs (Standard) or 2.5hrs (Rapid)
Resistance is less than 65 cents in Europe.
It should be said, although Samsung battery cells is not known as well as Sanyo, but at least the top Samsung battery cells is much better than the Class B Sanyo batteries.
Therefore, unless you have enough money to purchase original IBM battery, or it is recommended to buy compatible OEM batteries, it’s sufficient for most everyday’s use.
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