But I believe your assumption to be incorrect considering the test
results reported here <http://t5r.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/e1/clonetests.htm>
I once looked up the price for the Texas Instruments charge control and
short circuit protection electronics for lithium-ion batteries. The
unit price was about $2.50 for quantity 10,000. I don't think you're
going to find this sort of content in a nameless $5 battery and James
Attfield's tests (above) show that you may well not find it even well
above the $5 level.
It's not necessary to buy the camera brand which is excessively marked
up but, for safety's sake, I think it reasonable to go with a brand name
battery manufacturer such as Energizer which has a reputation to uphold
and is readily identifiable as the source for potential law suits (as
Sony has already found out). I have purchased Energizer for the Canyon
and Maxell for the Mynolta and paid less than half the camera branded price.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> I expect them to take the same care as they do when they make them
> for the major camera companies who are going to mark them up by a few
> thousand percent.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 21/12/2007, at 2:26 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> How much do you trust your Chinese
>> supplier to install the correct monitoring and control circuitry in
>> a $5
>> battery?
>
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