MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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I'm looking at laptop batteries on Ebay for my old Acer laptop.
current battery (no longer retains charge) is 10.8v, 4400mAh, 48Wh, but the replacements on Ebay all appear to be 5200mAh and 58Wh, with 10.8v and 11.1v versions available.
The listings all claim compatibility with my laptop, but they could just be saying that. I'm cautious about mismatching a li-ion battery with the power supply i have, but it would be nice to be able to use my laptop on battery power every now and again.
Does the voltage, milli-amps and wattage need to be exactly the same as my current battery, or are these 'near enough' generic batteries really compatible?
Cheers.
current battery (no longer retains charge) is 10.8v, 4400mAh, 48Wh, but the replacements on Ebay all appear to be 5200mAh and 58Wh, with 10.8v and 11.1v versions available.
The listings all claim compatibility with my laptop, but they could just be saying that. I'm cautious about mismatching a li-ion battery with the power supply i have, but it would be nice to be able to use my laptop on battery power every now and again.
Does the voltage, milli-amps and wattage need to be exactly the same as my current battery, or are these 'near enough' generic batteries really compatible?
Cheers.