Allan Duncan <amd2345@fastmail.com.au> wrote:
From APC's site, the replacement battery is RBC7 costing around $230 plus shipping. CPL and Scorptec list them, but I'd pre-order if I was picking it up. The change-over is just a matter of opening the side, sliding the old one out and unplugging it, then reversing the procedure with the new unit. There may be some recalibration needed - info is on the APC site (pdfs).
Thanks. That's expensive (but see below).
In summary, any competent PC repair house should be able to do it if fed the pdfs from APC and the relevant Replacement Battery Cartridge. Personally, I have had satisfactory results from Laptopzone, 332 Racecourse Rd, Flemington near the Newmarket R.S, but I think they farm the serious work out elsewhere.
So if I can find a supplier who does this regularly and reliably, it may well still be less expensive than the $230.