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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
link Click here to see other fixes for Dell 1505.