One of my extended batteries and the only one that still "rattled" has apparently come to the end of its time here on earth, :'(or so I am told by OQO support.
Bought obviously more than the limited 6 months warranty given for this expensive battery, I was told by support there was nothing I could do with it now that it has developed some kind of short inside, due I am sure to the excessive rattling it was plagued by its entire short life.
Poor little thing, disabled at birth!
I know the battery is not exhausted because I have several others and they all, have been replaced at one time or another during the rattling extended battery episode early when the product was introduced. And I don't use them all that much since getting them. Apparently if they are replaced and mine all have been they are replaced and then retain the original date of purchase and warranty.
This is the only one I never got around to replacing while under the limited warranty. What really irks me is that I know this battery is still good and has some sort of short due to the shaking inside. There is just no way it could have been used anywhere near the amount of time expected for this type of battery.
Since it was DOA and I could do nothing else with it, I decided to take a look inside. Boy was I surprised! It is, or was, remember this was one of the first ones that came out, was really put together in a rather crude way, with tape holding things together and very flimsy solder holding two lithium batteries together attached to a small circuit board where one see the led lights. I would guess the standard battery has just one of these batteries inside, they were never rattlers. Anyway, I could see that the solder on one of the two connectors had indeed come apart, and while I tried to see if I could reconnect it, I was not able to do so. Perhaps the circuit board shorted out, but I don't have the proper testing equipment to test voltage and make any further certain determination on what is going on.
All I know is I'm out a battery and not a cheap one, and I said this would happen when I started yelling about the rattlers last year when they came out. It's my own fault for not sending it in but none the less, I'm a little pissed.
AND no recycling service offered by OQO either!
They should offer some way to do something environmentally friendly with our discarded and end of life cycle parts, at least some direction on where to deposit responsibly, no?
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