Bateries and Applecare

[Luigi239]

I have bought applecare for my Macbook. When my batery health goes down to a low ammount, and the batery life dimminishes, will I be able to get a new battery from applecare?

Thanks. 😀

 

[xfiftyfour]

If it's just due to the regular wear on the battery, then I don't think so, no. The only time Applecare covers batteries is if there is a problem with them (ie: they don't hold a charge well enough, their capacity decreases too quickly, they blow up 😉, etc). At least as far as I know..

 

[ghall]

I have bought applecare for my Macbook. When my batery health goes down to a low ammount, and the batery life dimminishes, will I be able to get a new battery from applecare?

Thanks. 😀

No, they don't cover batteries that have more than a certain amount of charge cycles (I think it's 300). I actually went to a Genius Bar about this, and that's what I was told. If you're nice though, you may be able to buy a battery as a replacement part (which is a bit cheaper than just buying one off the shelf)

 

[squwish]

How do you Find out how many cycles you have on your battery?

 

[bmcgrath]

No, they don't cover batteries that have more than a certain amount of charge cycles (I think it's 300). I actually went to a Genius Bar about this, and that's what I was told. If you're nice though, you may be able to buy a battery as a replacement part (which is a bit cheaper than just buying one off the shelf)

Lucky! When I was in NY and brought my MBP to the genius bar with 80 battery cycles he told me tough that's just normal use, even tho it only held 75% of its original charge. So when I called up AppleCare and asked them for the replacement there was no questions asked. They sent me out a new battery in 1 day.
I wonder why the genius bar guys are more sticky on replacing things

 

[robbieduncan]

How do you Find out how many cycles you have on your battery?

Bring up the System Profiler (About This Mac->More Info) and look under Power (in the Battery Information section)

 

[fr0]

Find the number of cycles

How do you Find out how many cycles you have on your battery?

Easy. Just go to the Apple Menu and choose "About This Mac." From there click on "More Info..." This will bring up the System Profiler application. Click on "Power" in the left pane. Under "Battery Information" you will see a value called "Cycle Count." This is the number of cycles. Point of reference, I have had my Macbook since 9/06 and I have 164 cycles as of today (5/07) and 4403 mAh as my full charge capacity.

fr0

 

[squwish]

Easy. Just go to the Apple Menu and choose "About This Mac." From there click on "More Info..." This will bring up the System Profiler application. Click on "Power" in the left pane. Under "Battery Information" you will see a value called "Cycle Count." This is the number of cycles. Point of reference, I have had my Macbook since 9/06 and I have 164 cycles as of today (5/07) and 4403 mAh as my full charge capacity.

fr0

funny, I only have 14 cycles on my MBP and the charge thing is the same
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5530
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 5530

will the full charge capacity number lower over time?