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Old Inspiron 1505 battery dead, ordered one over the internet?

New battery arrives fully charged, used to 23% connected to charger overnight, next morning battery is at 18%. Did I buy a bad battery from a bad source or is there a solution? Do I take battery to absolute 0% then recharge?
Gary, December 2011
Always better to fully discharge battery, But might not be your problem, check power supply. If that ok, fault in charge cct.

SD, December 2011