[Virtualacorn-list] Laptop battery

[Chris Newman]

In article <5005f96dd1charles at charleshope.demon.co.uk>,
   charles <charles at charleshope.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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> > > > I charged the new battery for 12+ hours before using it as per the
> > > > dealers recommendation

> > > How did you charge it?   If you did so in the machine concerned, and -
> > > say - the electrical contacts are not in the right place, it probably
> > > hasn't actually been charged properly. 
> > Did it in the machine as I don't know of another way. The connectors
> > appear identical & fit perfectly. There is one difference in the colour
> > coding of the 6 wires from the battery. Old battery - black, black, blue,
> > white, yellow, red, red new battery - black, black, blue, white, orange,
> > red, red

> I changed the battery on my Alpha 1 (Clevo) a year or so back.  The battery
> I bought came with a fitted non-reversible 7 way connector so I didn't need
> to do anything except plug it in.  On my old battery, just dug out of the
> cupboard, the colours are black, black, green, yellow, yellow, red, red,
> but, where the wires come out of the battery container, I  have noticed a
> white wire as  well ;-(

Thanks Charles. If by "container" you mean the casing which holds the
individual cells together, I can't see the wires exiting as they are wrapped
in a shrouding. 
I presume your new battery worked "out of the Tin" so [erhaps you could tell
me the source for future reference (off list if you wish).

-- 
Chris