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wrote:

The battery in my Dell laptop is dead, finished,
defunct. I need to replace it and since Dell wants
about $165 for it, I decided to check out other
sources. I was given the website for a company
that is well rated.

They do indeed have a replacement for my battery and
for only $65, however the specifications on theirs
are slightly different and I wonder if that could
cause problems. Would anyone reading this happen to know anything
about this kind of thing in general?

For instance the voltage on my original is 14.8
while the one they offer as replacement is 14.4.
And my original says 3800 mAh (whatever that is),
while their replacement is 4000 mAh. Would these
these particular differences should cause a problem?

best, Aaron in N. Hollywood

BTW: The " " attached to each line in my posting, is put
there by my newsreader, when I select the "Reply" option.
The sender is not supposed to put that there. The sender
just writes text as normal, the person replying attaches
"quotation characters" to distinguish the quoted text
from new, original text. So, if you typed all those " "
yourself, that is the responding person's job. My
newsreader adds the quotation characters automatically,
so in fact, nobody has to type them.

Regarding your battery question, the "mAh" rating doesn't
bother me. But the voltage rating tells you the battery
technology. I would want to match the voltage specs, as it
implies the same kind of batteries. Some battery types
are NiCad, NiMH, and Lithium Ion. Make sure the battery pack
you buy, is something that the laptop can recharge properly.
Check the user manual, to see if it makes any mention of
voltages or battery pack types.

The charging methods for these various batteries, are not
exactly the same. Lithium Ion has the most protection devices
used on it, as there are safety issues if the cells are abused
or incorrectly charged or discharged.

Paul