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N80 battery getting very very hot when charging
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| dave @ stejonda 2007-04-22, 3:33 pm |
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My son bought a "New" N80 on Ebay. It arrived well packed but with a
small dent and a folder called Porn created in the memory. All was well
for about a month and then the phone stopped charging. The output from
the unloaded PSU seemed low so I bought a new Nokia PSU. Now, after a
week of use the battery is getting very very hot when charging (hotter
than any charging Li+ battery I've touched before) and loses its charge
almost immediately its disconnected from the charger. :(
Is this a duff battery or is it the phone? Is there a fire risk?
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dave @ stejonda
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| Sketches of spain 2007-04-22, 3:33 pm |
| dave @ stejonda wrote:
Li ion batts only have a finite number of charge and discharge cycles.
It sounds like it's at the end of it's life.
Time for a new battery!
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| James Luff 2007-04-23, 10:33 pm |
| dave @ stejonda wrote:
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> My son bought a "New" N80 on Ebay. It arrived well packed but with a
> small dent and a folder called Porn created in the memory. All was well
> for about a month and then the phone stopped charging. The output from
> the unloaded PSU seemed low so I bought a new Nokia PSU. Now, after a
> week of use the battery is getting very very hot when charging (hotter
> than any charging Li+ battery I've touched before) and loses its charge
> almost immediately its disconnected from the charger. :(
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> Is this a duff battery or is it the phone? Is there a fire risk?
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If it's not charging correctly it sounds like a dodgy battery. Yes it
could be a fire risk, any electronic device that is running hotter than
normal when charging could potentially be a fire risk.
I would replace the battery as a precaution, it's not working correctly
anyway.
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| dave @ stejonda 2007-04-23, 10:33 pm |
| In message < n6qdnZcI_IxgvLDbnZ2d
nUVZ8vWdnZ2d@pipex.net>, James Luff
<james.luff@nospamdsl.pipex.com> writes
>dave @ stejonda wrote:
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>If it's not charging correctly it sounds like a dodgy battery. Yes it
>could be a fire risk, any electronic device that is running hotter than
>normal when charging could potentially be a fire risk.
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>I would replace the battery as a precaution, it's not working correctly
>anyway.
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thanks
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dave @ stejonda
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