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    battery for the AOD150

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by paradigm, Apr 6, 2011.

  1. paradigm

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    Guys, i wanted your thoughts on purchasing a 6+ Cell battery for the Aspire One 150. The laptop has worked well on its factory default 3Cell batt. for 2 yerars..but now seems to be showing it's age, we can barely get 1.45 min. on battery as opposed 2.45 upto a few months ago (aggressive battery savings).

    Now i am happy to ship in a battery from Ebay that would/could be anything more than or equal to a 6Cell

    question is do i need to buy a more powerful adaptor (more amp/voltage) than the factory default one...if i were to go to a 6/9 cell battery???

    is there a chance the laptop can go belly-up if i try a battery upgrade

    the laptop is the D150-0BW, using a battery model # UMO8A31 (the "O" is either an alphabet/numeric) ...following is the ebay search......

    acer um08a31 battery, Computers, Electronics items at low prices on eBay.com.au
     
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    Guys please help
     
    paradigm, Apr 8, 2011
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    The answer is no- no need for a more powerful PSU nor is there any risk of netbook dying because you bought a higher capacity battery (as long as you buy one that is dedicated for AOD150)
     
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    okie dokes

    thanks a lot....my only concern for asking this was, that if i buy a bigger battery, would i require a larger (more amps/volts) to charge the battery properly ? cuz i wouldnt want the newer battery to die prematurely as well.
     
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    No you wouldn't the PSU is not limiting the battery- it's a lot more powerful than the battery needs to charge.
     
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    I just Bought a 6 cell battery directly from Acer website- the total cost with shipping was only about 5 or 10 dollars more than the aftermarket ones. I have a 11.6 inch 751-h aspire one.

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    Made my first post before I browsed your ebay link,also didnt realize you were in Au. My cost direct from Acer was appox 70 dollars. I didnt check ebay before buying mine but doing a search now they seem to be much cheaper there.
    What I didnt like about ebay was it didnt say if theywere Acer brand batteries or aftermarket. Also the item descriptions had my model # but had 10 inch screen size instead of 11 inch. If they are genuine Acer batteries then the ones on ebay are a great deal!

    villasbill
     
    villasbill, Apr 10, 2011
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