On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:07:14 -0000, "hungerdunger"
wrote:

I'm trying to "renovate" a friend's old Packard Bell Easy Note F5280HR.

The old battery (11.1volts) is dead, and as the machine is quite old she

HR Bob raises a good point. Maybe it's 11.1 volts *because* it is
dead.

Or maybe you are measuring in British volts. Volts sterling, I think
they are called.

decided it wasn't worth spending over £100 on a battery from the UK, when we
could get one for half that price from China (via Ebay).

The battery arrived yesterday, and while identical in all other respects, it
is 14.8 volts. I emailed the vendor who has assured me it will be OK. I've
also spoken to a couple of other people who have told me it will NOT be OK,
and then I spoke to one of the tech guys in our local PC World who said that
as long as the voltage of the battery was less than the voltage output of
the charger (which is 19v) it would be OK.

Can anyone give me a definitive answer: can I use this battery?


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