I just noticed the chassis of my Thinkpad T480 bulging near the screen. this is the rear battery after I removed it! now contained in a horse trough full of dirt outside the house!
I'm fortunate that this happened while I was actively using the laptop! and also that the laptop has 2 batteries, so even without this one it is not confined to being plugged in 100% of the time.
I believe this battery is from @iFixit - gifted to me by a friend - and is the second failed battery from that order! I thought iFixIt sourced good batteries but now I'm not so sure. unknown as of yet if the battery is still under warranty.
cc @matthew - if I can scrape together the money in coming weeks I want to get a T480 keyboard and maybe a battery from you, unless it's really more cost-effective to order direct (but from who?)
matthew - retroedge.tech
in reply to selfhosting.couchsurfing • • •I can probably help or point you to some solutions.
Batteries are tough. Difficult to know whether you are getting a good one or not, no matter the supplier. I often try to get used, tested original batteries on ebay, but I sometimes get after-market batteries, too.