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bgt - K7 Athlon (Thunderbird) Junior Boarder

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I disassembled my Acer notebook battery because it did not work anymore. Curious as I am I looked at the way it is build. And suddenly I understood why most notebook batteries are explosion sensitive. What they do is parallel 2/3 Lion batteries to get the wanted power.
Because Lion batteries have sense lines on each cell to prevent dangerous situations, for instant 1 cel charging/discharging better than the other 1, paralleling 2 cells can be dissasterous in worst case situations.
For a battery of 14.8V/4400 mAH one needs 8 cells of ICR-18650J lion cells. 4 cells of paralleled couples gives 4 x 3.7V = 14,8 V.
Now if 1 cell gets worse qualities after a period of time the sense line senses the average voltage across the 2 cells and the processor decides to charge it average like meaning the worst 1 will be overcharged and could explode with all the consequences afterwards.
Scarry practices. Because I do Radio Controlled cars with lipo batteries I know bigger single cells are no problem. But for some reason they are probably too expensive for notebooks.
Because Lion batteries have sense lines on each cell to prevent dangerous situations, for instant 1 cel charging/discharging better than the other 1, paralleling 2 cells can be dissasterous in worst case situations.
For a battery of 14.8V/4400 mAH one needs 8 cells of ICR-18650J lion cells. 4 cells of paralleled couples gives 4 x 3.7V = 14,8 V.
Now if 1 cell gets worse qualities after a period of time the sense line senses the average voltage across the 2 cells and the processor decides to charge it average like meaning the worst 1 will be overcharged and could explode with all the consequences afterwards.
Scarry practices. Because I do Radio Controlled cars with lipo batteries I know bigger single cells are no problem. But for some reason they are probably too expensive for notebooks.
Asus M4A78T-E/PhenomII955/4Gb Kingston1333MhzDDR3/1.5TbSata2/SamsungST223DVD/ATI4770/AntecSonatePlus550/Win7X64
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO/PhenomII965C3@1.2VNB2.6Ghz/4Gb Kingston1333MhzDDR3/1TbSata2/SamsungST223DVD/ATI4670/AntecSonate3/Win7X64
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO/PhenomII965C3@1.2VNB2.6Ghz/4Gb Kingston1333MhzDDR3/1TbSata2/SamsungST223DVD/ATI4670/AntecSonate3/Win7X64
