# Buying a laptop replacement battery

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-laptop-replacement-battery/455392 "2008-07-05T17:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-laptop-replacement-battery/455392/1 "2008-07-05T17:56:07Z")

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I’m wary having heard that they you can run into problems. Prices seem to vary from a list of about $180 to $50 on ebay.

My computer is a Dell Inspiron B130 and the current battery says … “rechargeable Li-ion” TYPE HD438 Rating 14.8V Capacity 29WH

Anybody have any advice??

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-laptop-replacement-battery/455392/2 "2008-07-05T18:06:55Z")

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If you’re wary of problems, then I recommend the safest approach, which is to buy the replacement battery from Dell directly, for $135.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-laptop-replacement-battery/455392/3 "2008-07-05T18:40:57Z")

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I’ve had good results from [www.zbattery.com](http://www.zbattery.com) with UPS, cell phone, and other batteries.