Spare Classmate Battery Sources, Charging Externally

[kjohnson]

Has anyone found replacement batteries for the E09 Classmate? Our battery is dead and we'd like to continue running our Driver Station from the Classmate.

After a quick search, I found no results on eBay or Google. The page here says the batteries are no longer available from CTL.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by nukemknight

Has anyone found replacement batteries for the E09 Classmate? Our battery is dead and we'd like to continue running our Driver Station from the Classmate.

Our E09 Classmate also has a totally dead battery. I found a half dozen online stores with the E09-2S4400 battery listed. All of them were "out of stock" except one. I ordered the battery a week ago. Yesterday I received email from the company:

sorry for any inconvenience caused for you , this battery suddenly out of stock, our financial people will fully refund your money as soon as possible, it will take about 2-3 bank days to arrive your account , please do not worry,
We regret that any inconvenience brought to you and thanks very much for your cooperation.

Plan B is to pull apart the dead battery pack and replace the cells.

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Plan B is to pull apart the dead battery pack and replace the cells.

I e-mailed CTL Corp support about the lack of replacement batteries. Their response:

Unfortunatley that model has been discontinued and neither the E11 or E10 batteries will work in it. If you still have a battery there is a model number on the bottom. With that you will be able to look online for a replacement. The chances or finding a replacement are very slim but it is worth a try.

Have you had luck getting into the battery? We tried yesterday but were unable to separate the plastic casing without damaging it.