From: Jim Witte (jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us)
Date: Thu Dec 11 2003 - 13:56:21 PST
> That's around $8 for batteries. Now lets assume $30/hr for your
> time.(Please don't tell me it takes 3hrs. Anything over an hour is
> YOUR time).
> And add $2 for other materials.
> That's $40. Your cheapest refurb costs $75. $35 OVER.
Not to defend him, but he needs to get the original battery to recell
from somewhere. Unless he's has made an injection mold for it, which
isn't cheap.
> Somehow the mere action of fitting 2300mAH vs 2000mAH cells costs $50
> MORE!
I've heard (on this list) that the highest capacity cells are
slightly longer than the standard cells, so they are harder to fit into
the case. Note that that's what I heard at some time in the past.
Battery tech may well have gotten smaller since then.
> Are you Ferengi by any chance?
Quite possibly..
Jim Witte
jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us
Indiana University CS
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