ibook battery repack

July 12th, 2009 | by admin |

Don’t let that dead laptop battery ruin your life. Repacking a old ibook battery with new cells is a easy operation. Within 10 minutes and $30 you can have a battery that lasts twice as long as the original.

Duration : 0:9:18


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  1. 23 Responses to “ibook battery repack”

  2. By kevbodian on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    10 minutes is time …
    10 minutes is time consuming?

  3. By scramble45 on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    Good work! so time …
    Good work! so time consuming.

  4. By SnipesWithWolves on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    well theres your …
    well theres your problem, you have a mac..

  5. By magicmugs on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    nice music
    nice music

  6. By churioz26 on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    where did you get …
    where did you get the replacement cells?

  7. By strongmad86 on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    wow thank god for …
    wow thank god for lithium batterys

  8. By csl02 on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    What cells did you …
    What cells did you used? my ibook battery barely holds any charge and i`m considering doing this. great video.

  9. By parlaeman on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    ok thx for the tip- …
    ok thx for the tip- but it is so tight !
    So you say there are no screws?
    I mean, i tried what you said but it won’t come loose, only plastic starts deforming - that’s why I had to ask you… the plastic is so soft grrrr…
    Thx I will try like what U said, hope it will work out

  10. By sklarm on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    be patient opening …
    be patient opening the battery. Use a small flat head screw driver and slowly go around the case just opening it a little bit at a time. This can take several minutes to do well, and less than a minute to just destroy plastic.

  11. By parlaeman on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    Can anyone (Sklarm) …
    Can anyone (Sklarm) tell me how to open the battery - couldn’t find any screws or something, all I could do is ruin plastic with my screwdriver :(
    help plz and thx

  12. By WIZofAu on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    Hmm, may I suggest …
    Hmm, may I suggest if ANYONE is going to play with re-packing Li-Ion batt packs, they:
    1) LEARN TO SOLDER PROPERLY. (Too much heat can turn a Li-Ion cell into a grenade) When soldering cells you need to do it fast & good. High blobs of solder means too little heat used. Solder not “flowing” means not clean or needs more flux.
    2) Do not try & push the current from Li-Ion battery through self adhesive strips! You bought cells with SOLDER TABS on them…..USE THEM??!!

  13. By Chick6517 on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    This is really …
    This is really interesting to watch! Especially when I&TBPSQUOm at work right now. haha cool video hope you make more in the future

  14. By sklarm on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    Sorry about the …
    Sorry about the blurry text and lack of documentation of the process. I can post another video of a dell battery repack (which is pretty much the same thing). I have a very high quality version that i had trouble uploading to youtube.

  15. By nevyn on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    That was LCD …
    That was LCD Soundsystem with “Yeah (Crass Version)”, probably the best artist and hardest tune on this planet. YEAH.

    sklarm, thanks for the vid, but the quality of yt videos made for some blurry text. Could you overlay some yt annotations instead? Maybe also add some note annotations on what you’re doing, too :) It was a little bit hard to follow when you suddenly added the side cells, didn’t follow what went where. Thanks!

  16. By GasperToronto78 on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    great video - who …
    great video - who sings that song!?

  17. By jaydedman on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    Let’s make 2009 the …
    Let’s make 2009 the year we never buy batteries again.

  18. By 4795623 on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    that was too in …
    that was too in pro!

    4795623 declares this vid an epic win!!!

  19. By InfoBomb on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    cool thx im gunna …
    cool thx im gunna try it out

  20. By sklarm on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    Yes, this type of …
    Yes, this type of replacement is almost identical on most PC batteries. Especially ones that are over 2 years old.

  21. By InfoBomb on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    awesome ,will this …
    awesome ,will this technique work on pc laptp batterys too?

  22. By milt0nics on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    Nice!
    Nice!

  23. By f417h on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    thanks alot

    …
    thanks alot

    perfect timing

  24. By alyceobvious on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply

    fabulously …
    fabulously revolutionary. thanks so much for doin’ this!

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