[NSRCA-discussion] Lipo disposal

[ronlock at comcast.net]

To discharge old Lipos, I put them on charger to discharge.  Then plug them into an ordinary 117v, 250 watt heat lamp.  
>From a discharged state, a few hours seems to kill them totally.  Lamp gets warm not hot.  
A day or so later I repeat the discharge with lamp.  
  
 (To adapt the lamp to lipo, I started with a hardware store adaptor that has female threads for ordinary light bulb, 
to standard wall outlet prongs.  I added a cord with heat shrink to fit the outlet prongs, and my brand Lipo plug) 
  
I also have a smoke detector in my in house shop.  It's not a solution, but increases warning time. 
Ron 

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From: "Stuart Chale via NSRCA-discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
To: Snaproll4 at aol.com, "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 9:01:56 PM 
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo fire 

I'll take the 10 fully charged packs off your hand to dispose of them for you. You're on your own for the older ones. 

Actually best bet is to bring them to one of those battery stores, they generally take any battery for recycling. Supposedly you can also discharge them in a saltwater bath and then just throw them out.  Apparently they are safe in a landfill, I guess as long as they are discharged. 

Sent from my iPhone 

On Jun 13, 2016, at 8:56 PM, Snaproll4--- via NSRCA-discussion < nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org > wrote: 




This discussion made me take inventory.  I have 31 old 10s (2 x 5s)  packs in my garage.  Some go back 7 years when I started flying electric.   One pack was ejected during a snap roll at altitude. One pack was involved in a mid air.  Both those packs are badly damaged.  I really don't know how to get rid of them.  I also have 10 fully charged 10s packs in my workshop.  Perhaps this would a good time to share ideas on how to dispose of them. 
  
Steve 



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