Are External Battery Chargers for Laptop Computers for You?

Could Having an External Battery Charger for Your Laptop Save You Some Headaches?

Jan S
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After owning 3 different kinds of laptop computers over the last 8 years I have to say that the most aggravating part of owning one is the battery and battery charging system. One of them has gone through 3 batteries so far. Another one, the jack inside the laptop where the power supply connects to is intermittent. It is intermittent to the point of not being able to be used to charge the battery unless the cord is held in place by hand. I wish there was a better way to handle battery charging.

After a frustrating morning of holding a cable in place to charge a laptop up while trying to type - I gave up for the day with that laptop. I then did a search for an external laptop battery charger on the web. I figured that there must be something out there by now. Here is what I found:

There are a few companies that make external laptop battery chargers. These are the types of chargers that you take the battery out of your laptop and connect it to a charger without using your laptop computer at all to charge the battery. This is the type of thing I was looking for. The prices range from several hundreds of dollars to under $70. I did a search on buy.com and shopping.com but did not find a really good price, even eBay had some pricey chargers. The best price I found was from one of the manufacturers themselves at jcbarn.com They had the battery charger at a price that I found reasonable at $65 They have a very wide range of external battery chargers for all different brands of laptop computers.

What I plan on doing is going completely wireless with my laptops. I'll buy another battery for each of them and external battery chargers to match. That way I'll be using a battery while one is charging then I can swap them out as needed. I sincerely hope that it will solve my laptop battery problems.

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  • Jan S2/13/2010

    Don, you should Google "how to dismantle a (your laptop name here)" and see if you come up with a youtube video or a picture set of how to take apart your laptop. That is what I did and I fixed my power jack in it.

  • Don2/2/2010

    I tryed to take the unit apart to get to the power jack but I had no luck after removing all the screws the are around the jack would not open, any advise

  • jules12/3/2009

    We have the same problem with two Gateway laptops that have been idle for about 9 months. I have been researcing ways to get around using the ac connecter. Thanks for the web page. Hope this works!

  • Winston10/18/2008

    I am trying to do the same thing to a Gateway m-6866 laptop. Does any one have information on getting to the mother board to fix the poorly solder job done by the manufacturer. I supspect that I have a cold solder joint and this is something I can fix.
    Thanks
    winston

  • Jan S9/29/2008

    I ended up buying a new connector for the laptop and took the thing apart and soldered it in place. Thank goodness I have lots of technical know how. The laptop now works again. I haven't broken down and bought any charger yet. I still waiting for them to go down in price and just limping along with what I have right now.

  • denise9/29/2008

    so, did this help your battery problem? I'm having the same issue with my laptop and was researching for an external charger for my laptop's battery. thanks!

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