<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Sounds good, but I prefer billowing smoke and shooting flames. <br><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Keith Hoard</span></div><div>Collierville, TN</div></div><div><br>On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:56, "Richard Lewis" <<a href="mailto:humptybump@sbcglobal.net">humptybump@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">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...</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;">Anyway, I googled battery recycling and found that Batteries Plus (<a href="http://www.batteriesplus.com/">http://www.batteriesplus.com/</a>) 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....</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">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...</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">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....<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Richard<br></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NSRCA-discussion mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>