Eee PC 15-hour battery unit
p2pnet news view | Cool:- See that long, ugly black lump sticking out from this Eee PC?
That’s up to 15 continuous hours of battery life.
And it’s all thanks to a Canadian modder.
Portable Monkey cites a “resourceful fellow on the EeeUser forums by the name of TenaciousDre”.
He ripped out li-ion cells from his old Pentium2 laptop and stuck them together with electrical tape, says the story, adding:
“This beast of a battery gives him up to 12-15 hours of battery life with hardcore settings (cpu clocked to 500mHz and everything off) and as a bonus the unsightly growth where the battery is supposed to be will deter any thieves.”
heh
“OK so the eee already has good battery life but i wanted more and i already had the li-ion cells from an old p2 laptop,” posts TenaciousDre, from Ontario, adding:
“the only downside is the extremely long charge time (like 12 hours) and the battery meter doesnt work at all (it goes down to 0% and then the eee keeps going for 8 hours) but the biger battery does keeps the back end up off the ground so the eee stays cool.”
Click here for th e the schematic and more pix.
Portable Monkey – Homemade 12-Cell Battery for Eee PC Gets Up to 15 Hours, February 2, 2009
TenaciousDre – 12 cell 701 battery mod, February 2, 2009
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February 2nd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
i guess that adds one use to the Eee book’s repetoir- blunt instrument with which to beat people, should the need arise, hahaha
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Should have used silver duct tape! Kids these day with their fancy electrical “safe” tapes…. WHile when I was young…..