[NSRCA-discussion] Battery Recycling...Batteries Plus

[Dave Harmon]

Richard...

I had been hanging on to some LiPo batteries for at least two years storing
them outside.

Unbelievably...Batteries Plus has a location in Tulsa so I took them over
there in a box and like you said..."no problem"!

They were really nasty too...stinking like hell..I was hoping they were not
going to explode before I got there..won't do THAT again!

Thanks man..

 

Dave Harmon

NSRCA 586

K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net

Sperry, Ok.

 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lewis
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 11:22 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery Recycling...Batteries Plus

 

I recently acquired a new electric pattern plane and it came along with some
good batteries and some very tired batteries.  I needed to dispose of the
tired batteries.

 

I read a ton of articles on the web about the various home grown disposal
methods...the discussion seems as broad, varied, and full of misinformation
as a snap roll debate on this list...

 

Anyway, I googled battery recycling and found that Batteries Plus
(http://www.batteriesplus.com/) has retail stores nationwide that accept
almost any type of battery for recycling.  I called my local store and the
guy said that they would take lipo's for free as long as I brough them in a
box....

 

I took in about six 5S packs with the leads cut and taped and explained that
they were hobby batteries and I did not know if they were charged or not (I
know some had a partial charge).  He looked in the box and said "no
problem".  He took my box and I left...

 

A lot easier than any method I have seen on the web...seems like a good
choice for those of us that live near enough to civilization (aguable??) to
have a retail store within a reasonable distance....

 

Richard

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