Replacement battery compatability

The battery from my 13" Macbook bought in 2008, died. It was model No. A1185 55wh.
I am buying a replacement on ebay since my Apple warrenty has expired. there are some much cheaper than what is at the Apple store, with exact everything except is has 59Wh. Will is still work with my laptop? Thanks!

frederic1943 wrote:
DOGG, I've gotten 5 batteries off of eBay. The oldest which is still working fine was 4 years ago. Apple doesn't manufacture it's own batteries. They buy them from China. 4 of the batteries I've gotten off of eBay were from the same manufacturers as the Apple batteries they replaced.
I totally understand that.
I know just about everything is produced in China. Most OEM parts are not produced by the manufacturer but the company that produces them are held to stricter testing policies when they are making them for a company that will be using them in a device. The point I was getting at is that those batteries are, most often, not tested in any way. So it is a crap shoot.
That's one of the reasons that users buy ram from Crucial, Corsair or Kingston. The other ram will problably work, but it is not tested so you have a much larger change of getting one that has a bad chip, is not performing up to spec, etc.

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Like a lot of you I had problems with my battery. I noticed earlier this year my MBP would power-off when there was still lots of battery charge left. It gradually got worse and worse. A few months ago I noticed whenever I pulled the power cord out it would switch off and recently I can only use it when it's plugged in.
I read about the battery problems online, and on this forum. I discovered it was a very common problem. I had assumed there was nothing I could do other than buy a new battery, but after reading posts from some of you who have had success getting a replacement one I thought I'd call Apple. Nothing to lose other than cost of phone call. To be honest I wasn't expecting to get any joy as I bought my MBP in May 2006.
I spoke to a overly-friendly guy in Bangalore who kept saying "Don't worry, don't worry. I will sort this out for you". He took my details and serial number etc.. then kept putting me on hold as he spoke to his 'supervisor'. After 15 mins he explained that my battery's serial no. is one that qualified for the replacement programme - but that only applied up to 2 years after purchase. As mine is 30 months old, he had to do some arm twisting and they made an exception for me. He transferred me to a woman in Scotland who gave me a case number etc.. She then passed me onto a dispatch guy.
After 20 mins on the phone my free replacement battery is on it's way. Not sure if I've just been very lucky on this occasion, but I would recommend calling Apple Support wherever you are, before going ahead and forking out for a new battery.

Hmm... Newer Technologies' reseller list includes OWC/esales but they
are not the same; one is a reseller and the other is a manufacturer. A
few product names at OWC are not seen anywhere else unless you look
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In any event, if just the plastic is mal-formed, and the section not fitting up
is just a layer of white plastic, that'd be comparatively easy to change. If
nothing else, Apple should have a shorter waiting list on replacement cells
now the recall numbers have been going out to customers. I got mine after
about a two month wait; and after all that waiting, I've gotten over the need
to use a portable computer. It just sits there and I have to hassle with it;
to keep it charged up and up to date. With winter here, I don't carry it while
travelling anywhere, it'd freeze too easily over the distances I have to go!
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Mike,
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I got a replacement battery, reset the SMC, and my computer will still turn off unexpectedly.

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FinchDrive wrote:
I just finished running the AHT and an extended test. Hardware error pointing to the battery on both:
4xxx/40000005: "Battery"
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