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08.05.2022 Next step in the resurection of the Lappy, is the new battery! This did arrive a little while ago but to be honest, these posts are being done in spurts around the other activities of the business. So, I unpacked the new battery and gave it a bit of insepction. Well, as much as you can without busting it open! With the exception of labeling and an extra 100Ah (4400 compared to the old 4300) it's an exact copy of the OEM battery. This is not surprising. With our knowledge of manufactuing, to acheive this, we would have found the OEM's contractor and order a batch to specification. The hard bit is finding that contractor! Next post, we'll fire up the Lappy on the battery abd see if it's running bug free.

25.04.2022 Back again and I've de-soldered the connections form the power management board and the batteries. At this point, the idea of replacing the batteries is dead and burried for prarical reasons. The most practical being the spot-welded series connections on the batteries. I have no way of doing this, and it needs to be done as it's critical for reducing resistance, reliability and fitting the battery pack back into the housing. If I realy look hard, I'm sure I can find somewhere this can be done but the reality is that at around $60 for the batteries alone, I'm already well over the $38 cost of the replacement battery pack, and this is without taking into account the time and expense of getting the batteries spot welded. Watch for a post on ethical battery disposal! And see what happens next with the Laptop.

08.04.2022 After doing a simple google search on "replace dead cells in a laptop battery", I got a lot of returns. It appears to be a reasonably simple task involving some soldering, but there are some concerns. One of these is the control board that you can see in this image. I have no way to test that this is funtioning correctly, but according to the articles, I searched, it's pretty rare for this to fail. This boeard controls the charghing and discharge of the battery as well as monitoring battery temp. Those are the brown ribbon wires you can see in the pics.

21.03.2022 Hi Guys, we're one the first leg of refurbsihing the Toshiba battery pack and I'm going to open it up first and see what cells are in it, or if it's a conformal battery type. It's a bit "Schroedingers Cat" as until I know what's in it, I don't know if I can do anything about it! With a bit of torsonal twisting, I opened the battery case and it's got 6 x 18650 cells in it! How unusual.... :-) Next step is to search out some more info about what I can and can't do here.

24.01.2022 Things have gotten a bit serious and we’d like to advise that we may be unavailable until the 3rd of Feb. Why? We’re on bushfire assist. And that’s me below, stabbed by Defence media. The beers will send me broke!!

23.01.2022 Went a bit "Marie Kondo" over the NY weekend, mostly at the wife's insistance and found I still had my old Toshiba laptop. I have a real issue with just generating E-Waste but I know it's a 20 year old lappy with a dead battery. Still, maybe I can get it running and re-purpose it, even for some DOS games. Thinknig that old tech is an issue for all of us, lets take a journey together over the next few weeks and we'll see what we can do with this.

21.01.2022 Rest day today, however last night the medics saved a Joey from it’s dead mother and cute little Leo is now with WIRES and going to lead a happy life!

20.01.2022 I just wanted to take the time wish all of our customers a Safe but Merry Christmas. We know that many of you are outdoors people and like, you, we look forwards to when we can all get back outside without restraint. Peace, Goodwill and Good Health to All.

19.01.2022 Well, I put the Toshiba on charge and..... nothing. Battery is dead. Well, as dead as I can determine without and testing tools. It won't hold a charge, or even power up the laptop. So I have ordered a new one from Better Battery in Melbourne. Below is the old battery, which would normally be disposed of. Properly. But I want to see if I can replace the dead cells, and how easy that might be. Stay Tuned!

16.01.2022 Have you started to "spark happiness" by clearing out the kitchen yet? Well, when you get to that 'Third Draw", you can use our battery caddies to make a bit of sense of it, like we have. And to inspire you, here's a link to Jimoen with his ode to the "Third Draw"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuJHgb5RB-4

16.01.2022 We'd like to advise all our customers that from the 4th of July to the 20th, we will be going on holiday! That means that if you want to place an order, you will need to do so No Later Than the 2nd of July so we can post your order. Yes, we will be using caddies to carry our spares!

15.01.2022 And we're back from holidays! I can highly reccomend Japan and our favourite was Kyoto. Love the drink vending machines! You can get all sorts of drinks from regular soft drinks to a can of hot coffee with milk and sugar! Highly reccommended are:... Meji Shrine and Osaka Castle for culture. Shinjuku for eating. Shibuya and Harajuku for shopping. Kyoto for all of the above and a great train museum. See more

11.01.2022 If you've got a ecommoerce site, every now and then you need to google your products, check your search results etc. Whilst doing this, you also find other who sell your products around the world and somethimes even where you live. Pretty sure we're still the best value for price and range, but THIS GUY!!!! $59.00!!!! I hope it's full of rechargeables.....

11.01.2022 Just a quick note to customers, due to some surgery, deliverys may be delayed by up to a week from Friday the 10th May. We apologise or this interuption look forward to supplying you again soon with the most usefull little product you never knew you needed!

08.01.2022 It's the first of June and the last month of the 17/18 Finacial Year. If you have a use-it-or-lose-it budget situation or want a useful way to reduce your tax liability, why not ahceive two goals with battery caddies from Safecell? Apart from the financial goals, you can acheive a better workplace safety situation by secruing and storing your spare batteries in our caddies. From offices, photo studios, petroleum storage and refineries down to the lower galleries of mines, we can help you acheive a greater level of WHS compliance.

08.01.2022 Right now, were're sitting down, right on the finish line, saying "Thank (insert deity here) THAT'S over!" A Happy and Safe 2021 to all our friends. Damien.

06.01.2022 The Pitfalls of working from home!

05.01.2022 Dear Customers, the Safecell Webshop Will be unattended from today, the 3rd until the 12th of Jan, at the earliest. Staff have been deployed to assist with the current fire emergency. Orders can be placed but will not be fulfilled until our return and contact will be very limited. We apologize for the inconvenience.

05.01.2022 If you've just been to the web shop and found not much available, don't panic. We kind of got cleaned out of a number of popular caddies. With a re-stock due in, we were running with low stock levels however one customer hit is hard today and nabbed a lot of caddies. But don't worry! The re-stock is was already on it's way from the USA and is due in a couple of weeks. Still, if you want a particular caddie that's out of stock, you can get in touch and we'll put them aside for you.

04.01.2022 To All Our Safecell Customers, We hope that you are with or able to talk with your loved ones and wish you all a safe and joyous Christmas. For those overseas or at the fires, stay safe, your efforts are appreciated more than you know.... Merry Christmas to all.

04.01.2022 We've been released from service and it's back to normal for the webshop. The latest delivery has been brought onto stock and all is available. We do apologise for the inconvenience but are very pleased to have been able to help communities affected by the fires. If you wish to donate to assist, we strongly reccomend you only donate money and that you send it to the larger organisations, including the RFS, Blaze Aid and Salvation Army.

01.01.2022 Nice and dry today, not too hot and having a little break before dropping another tree. These people lost their sheds but just saved the house. Their pine plantation is gone. There’s another half km of pine behind this, totally burnt. Worth nothing now.

01.01.2022 Just a quick note to say the Safecell website is back up and running after a glitch. Our appologies for this "techincal" delay. I wish I had a copy of the screen they use to show when your telly station had a problem!