Super High Capacity Extended Battery For - G73jh Models

Super High Capacity External Rechargeable Battery Pack - BP150

Amazon.com: 120 Watt Universal Battery: Computer & Accessories

Any Ideas on what the run time would be with these anyone using one currently I am highly considering purchasing the BP150 for gaming while on 4-5 hour flights.

 

it's pretty heavy 3lbs? and expensive, you may be better off just buying a couple of extra batteries for your laptop for that price.

 

Gaming on a regular battery isn't going to barely last you 30 minutes tho. So if this thing has enough capacity it may be worth it.

 

the laptop+power brick is heavy already to just add more weight just for juicy gaming, which will last for less of 30 min in battery mode. Game mode must be under ac adapter.

 

Wont mind the weight in the backpack doesn't really weigh me down as its evenly distributed just wondering if anyone can give me an estimate as to how long they think that will last if it will give me 4 to 4.5 hours with my internal battery thrown in then it will be well worth it to me

I can also disable other stuff i don't need on the plane such as wifi and blue tooth.

18 Cells seems like a ton our internal batteries only have 8 so that's like an extra 2.5 batteries + the internal

I am thinking 1.5 hrs x 3 = about 4.5 with that little extra .5 maybe possibly 5 hours. I may just buy one try it if it sucks return it.

Technical Specifications
Model: BP150
Capacity: 153 Watt-Hour* (30,600 mAh@5V )
Battery Cell: Panasonic (18 cells)
Colors: Dark Blue
Chemistry: Li-ion
Input Charging Voltage: DC 12 - 19V
Output Voltage: 16V/19V + 5V USB Port
Operation Current: Max. 4.75A
Charging time: 4-6 hours
Size: 270.00 x 145.00 x 32.55mm (10.6" x 5.7" x 1.3")
Weight: 1340g
Power Indicator: 4 level LED indicator
Built-in Protection Circuit: - Over-charge
- Over-discharge
- Over current
- Over temperature
- Short circuit protection
Included in Standard Package: - Battery x 1 pc
- AC Charging Adapter x 1 pc
- Adapter Power Cord x 1 pc
- DC Car Charging Adapter x 1pc
- Power Cable x 1 pc
- Plug Tips x 12 or more

 

Most planes provide a plug in point. At least some planes do.

 

no thanks.. the G73 is heavy enough as it is.. don't need more..

 

Unfortunately here in the states most of the spots that provide power are now only in first and business class

And in seat power would not even come close to being enough to charge or provide constant current to the g73 they are very low voltage according to the airline faqs.

 

Based on the hour-wattage, and the average power drain of the G73 in Balanced mode (from my experience), with proper gaming these cells will last you approximately 1h 15mins to 1h 30mins depending on the load on the GPU and CPU.

Goodluck!

 

I have the bp150, currently sitting in my closet. I used it a couple of times when I had my 14" laptop but will probably never use it for my g73 as I don't take many trips.

I used it on a 6 hour trip. I had it plugged in for 2 hours on battery mode and the gauge got down to maybe 20% or so before I unplugged it and used the laptop battery. You have to disable your battery or plug it in when your battery is fully charged or you will drain it faster if it has to charge your battery and run your laptop at the same time.

pm me if you want it.

 

I wonder how long the unit would run if you bought a 1500VA UPS and lugged that in your vehicle?

I would LOL if you brought that on the plane

Or maybe charge up a truck battery and use an inverter to connect to your power brick

 

Don't bother I have an external and it has the same issue....

Operation Current: Max. 4.75A

Our lappys pull 9A on load so once the battery lowers a bit (takes about a half hour) and the laptop tries to pull 9A from that source it'll go into protection mode and shut down. I de-clock my rig and run a Tekkon MP-3450 that I bought for $106 and it'll game for about 2-3 hours @ 1.1gHz and the 5870 @ 400/500 so for the money you might as well go for the Tekkon

 

So I guess we're back to my truck battery idea, eh?

 

Id definitely be interested I am new here it seems I cant PM you yet but I would like to know what you would want for it?

 

Since the beginning of this thread I've been thinking a nice deep-cycle RV/Marine/etc. battery is the way to go...getting lead-acid batteries on to a plane in the US may be problematic...

 

a lead acid battery is not even an option

I have found a few other possibility's battery geeks makes a power pack that does up to 8ah sustained so that may solve the load issues but its only rated up to 18v so that may be another issue

Here is a list of there offerings not exactly cheap but they carry some exotic battery styles

MacBook, Laptop and Tablet PC Battery Pack at Batterygeek.net.

 

Let me test it out first, but I'm basically wanting to get rid of it because it's getting no use from me.

I'm thinking like $60 + shipping costs.

I think you need 10 or 15 posts before you can pm.

 

Sounds good to me can you try sending me a PM I would be intrested in it as that price

 

Our stock battery = 14.6v 5200 mAh 75W/h
Super battery = 30,600 mAh @5v 153W/h
Our laptop draws a lot more than just 5v, so the mAh number is misleading. They claim 2-3 times the battery time with a 40-60W/h laptop and ours is 75W/h. You should probably expect twice the battery time at the same system settings as your normal battery consumption rate.
But you could probably use this thing to power a usb 2.0 hub for at least 6 hours. That's very useful right?

 

Here's the thing, we don't need 19v we only need 16v believe it or not. When I set my external to 16v instead of the computer acting like it's plugged in it acts like it has a massive battery. IIRC the spec on our laptop's battery is only 14v, but on 14v the external doesn't do anything....16v seems to be the sweet spot. I just got off a 3 and a half hour plane ride and was able to use Unreal for damn near the whole flight with the lappy de-nutted, CPU @ 1.1gHz and GPU @ 300/400

 

That is what I am thinking throttle stuff down a bit and shut off unneeded software and hardware devices and 3-5 hours long term shouldn't be a pipe dream.

I don't understand why there isn't a way to throttle down to 2 cores or even 1 if needed something tells me that would save allot of juice.

But I also anticipate a jump in battery tech in the next year or so so long life Lithium Ion or even other tech batteries may be right around the corner with the i7 and beefy laptop videocards becoming more and more mainstream.

All the gamers on laptops should keep complaining about battery life and pushing for the manufacturers to correct it this will keep it a hot subject.

 

Yes there's lots of cool battery tech out there, it just hasn't hit the laptop market widely yet. For instance, RC car batteries have come a long way since the alkaline days. NiMh replaced that, and now racers use LiPo, Lithium-ion Polymer batteries. They output more amps with higher mAh and fewer cells for a much faster rc car racing experience.

Or how about the recent batteries in tech news that recharge as you walk? There's probably something on this forum about that already so I'll shut up. But it's coming.

Whatever you can do to reduce heat will prolong battery life as well, so any repasting needed or maybe undervolting if possible. I'm using a modded vBios that undervolts the gpu, and that has worked out pretty well for extending my battery life. Especially if I enable powerplay. You sound like you know what you're doing, so you don't need to listen to my rambling.

 

Bah, we all think we know what we're doing but until we throw all the stuff we all think we know together we really won't know jack lol

 

haha nice. That's really the reason I join forums anyway, to find out how much I don't know.

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