MacBook Pro 15-inch Rechargeable Battery "swollen"
Hello,
I just exchanged the batter in an old MacBook Pro 15".
Model A1281
The reason for the exchange was, that the removable batter lid had "exploded" (noise not actual combustion) open.
The Battery inside was "deformed" and had expanded in thickness, making it impossible to close the lid.
The interesting part is that the laptop hasn't moved in months. Was steadily hook up to a powersupply (behind a surge-protector) in a climate controlled environment. Is this normal?
since the writing on the battery reads the following, is this something that I should expect to happen again?
"Replace the battery if it is dropped, crushed, swollen or leaking"
Kind Regards
DS
Lately, the idea about correctly handling and using LiOn batteries is to "let the electrons move".
This means to use the battery without charger until about half full, then put the charger on again, do this about once a week. When you do not use a laptop computer at all, take the battery out when it is half full and store it a a coll dry place (of course this goes for removeable batteries, otherwise you store the whole laptop that way - do not store with the charger on).
Even when you handle a battery perfectly, in time it will detoriate, and sometimes it gets "swollen" when almost dead.
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