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Duracell Powersource Mobile 100

by jainagray Dec 5, 2009 4:02AM PST

Hi, everyone:

I just bought this and it give me about 1.50 to 1.75 hours of runtime on my older model HP NC6000 laptop. If you also have this device, here's my question:

This relates to when the device's charge is running out. In the manual it describes 3 progressive behaviors that occur as the device runs out of power at the following thresholds: 10.0, 9.5 and 9.0 V. Each behavior is a combination of lights and beeps on the device. These behaviors are supposed to give you enough time to exit gracefully from whatever you're doing or switch to AC power or whatever. My device does not behave as the manual describes. It just displays an orange "battery" LED, beeps twice and uncermoniously shuts down, which forces my laptop battery to kick in. It doesn't go through all the warnings described in the manual.

I'm a bit worried about running the device when my laptop battery is low or discharged. Since the power source doesn't go through the warning procedure described in the manual, it seems like it will just abruptly remove power to the laptop, which can't be a good thing Happy.

Does anyone else have this device? Does it behave this way or go through the warnings described in the manual?

Or can someone recommend an inexpensive alternative? I think I paid about $42.00 at Amazon.com. I'm assuming Amazon will take it back.

TIA

Jaina

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Looks like the wrong voltage.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Dec 5, 2009 5:20AM PST

The NC6000 I looked up needs a nominal voltage if 18.5v. You mention much less than that so it's likely the wrong solution.

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I think the voltage is OK
by jainagray Dec 5, 2009 12:53PM PST

Hi,

The voltages I mentioned in the initial post are thresholds at which the power source is supposed to give an alarm, but doesn't. I checked the computer manual and it needs 14.4 VDC / 60 W. The power source puts out 80 W through the AC plug where I plug in the computer, according to the manual. Shouldn't that be OK?

Regards,

Jaina

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I'm going with no.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Dec 5, 2009 9:08PM PST

The spec I looked up was over 18 Volts and your pack is many Volts less. I think you have the wrong solution. Not only that, you have a solution that you can find support for. That's 2 strikes.

The final strike against it is that it appears to not work.

3 strikes and it's out of here.
Bob

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It's going back
by jainagray Dec 6, 2009 1:08AM PST

Hi,Bob

Thanks for helping. I'm going to send it back. But the price is so good, I think I'll try another from another vendor. Any place you can recommend? It was orginally from an Amazon marketplace vendor.

I do appreciate your assistance.

Regards,

Jaina

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Sorry for the typo.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Dec 6, 2009 3:35AM PST

I meant "can't" rather than can.

" The HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6000 6-cell primary Lithium-Ion battery provides up to 5 hours of battery life.
The HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6000 8-cell optional primary high capacity Lithium-Ion battery provides up to 6.5 hours of battery life. "

Here's the HP.com order site for that 8 cell battery.

Enter part number 191259-b21 at http://h20141.www2.hp.com/hpparts/CountryChoice.aspx
Bob

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