TITLE

Is your battery safe?

AUTHOR(S)

Lu, Cary

PUB. DATE

March 1995

SOURCE

Macworld;Mar95, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p151

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on the problem of leaking cells in Technoggin's external PowerPlate batteries for the PowerBook. Reason for failure; Technoggin's purchase of cells for its flat-pack batteries from Portable Energy Products (PEP); Poor quality of PEP cells; Hyundai's PEP-style flat cells; Other battery sellers; Leakage rates of batteries. INSET: Managing PowerBook 500 batteries..

ACCESSION #

9502035065

 

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