Are batteries always what they claim?

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Are batteries always what they claim?

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Stinsy wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:02 pm Image
Seen similar photo on a smaller scale yet with 10 to 20% battery/80% concrete. :shock:
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I bought a "6 Ah" battery for our Dyson from eBay. When it died, I opened it up and checked the cells, nowhere near (1.3Ah)

I must admit, 6 Ah was impossible in that size, so I wasn't expecting miracles.
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You should still report it to trading standards & ebay

Likely that was sold to folk in all sorts of places & was utterly crap where stated performance & longevity was concerned.

Not doing so makes it harder for honest sellers & manufacturers to service versus "shaft the customer" especially a s "cheap from china has gone by the by (check amazon)
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Mr Gus wrote: Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:01 am You should still report it to trading standards & ebay
Unfortunately (in our area at least) Trading Standards won't take complaints from the general public any more, they refer you to Citzens Advice who just tell you about making a civil claim through the courts. So TS can't build up a picture of what is going on, useless iMO.
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That's a real shame & a sad reality of how screwed "services" pared back year after year, to be run by volunteers, over several hours per week (as our local cab office is) & part of the greater economic problem, rogue traders are not generally honest payers of taxes.... but they are allowed to take root until it is the norm.
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