Ipods and Magnets!!!

[whyrichard]

i have a first generation 5gig ipod, and have changed the battery once myself a year ago with a new aftermarket battery because the battery life had decreased to about six hours, (remember the days of the eleven hour ipod?)

... i ride a motorcycle with a magnetic tankbag, strong magnetic bottom panel holds it in place on the steel gastank. in the past i've been careful about the proximity of this to my ipod, but one day i just forgot.


after that one day, the battery just quit. it never, ever, holds a charge. and when it does, it does so for about three minutes of play.


did the magnets destroy the battery? the ipod works fine when plugged in... did this battery just quit? i wasn't aware that magnets could effect lithium ion batteries...


thanks...


r.

 

[jxyama]

well, if you've successfully eliminated other variables, it must be the magnet...

it's litium ion battery... ions are charged so their movement inside any magnetic field would affect them.

any experts out there?

 

[Mr. Anderson]

You're lucky the magnet didn't erase the harddrive of the ipod as well.....

I'm curious to know about the magnet/battery issue. Are there any warnings on the battery that say not to place in a magnetic field?

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[howard]

any sort of magnet should not be near any harddrive or computer or even screen!! very dangerous to your electronics...just avoid bringing then near eachother in any way!

 

[whyrichard]

yes.


right now my ipod/computer/screen is very far away from my motorcycle.



r.

 

[bensisko]

Newton GPS

I once saw a Newton with a GPS mounted on a motorcycle (mounted just below the handle bars).

How do people carry laptops with Motorcycles then? Backpacks?

 

[whyrichard]

a newton with gps...? hmmmmm.



laptops do not belong near magnets, i am told.

not all tankbags are magnetic, many strap around the headtube and/or around the tank.

but considering the average laptop weights in around 5-7 pounds, people who travel with these usually put them in a saddlebag or a trunk mounted on the rear of the motorcycle. and isolate it from vibration. never did that though, when i go on short trips with my laptop it's just in a shoulder bag. i isolate it from vibration.

r.