<p dir="ltr">Has anyone had issues with the electrodes being eaten away when put in salt water? As I understand, if there is a charge left in the cells, the nickel tabs will corrode away leaving the cells still charged but without a way to discharge them. Thus, it id important to fully discharge the cells to 0 volts before putting them in salt water. Haven't run into this but would like to know if anyone else has.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 17, 2013 4:34 PM, "Phil S." <<a href="mailto:chuenkan@comcast.net">chuenkan@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Arial">You are right, Ja</font>y -- drain 'em
(electrically), puncture them and drop them in salt water to cnacel the
chemistry. Then, just toss them...<br>
<pre cols="72">Phil Spelt, KCRC Past President
AMA 1294 Scientific Leader Member
SPA L-18, Board Member
(865)435-1476v, (865)604-0541c</pre>
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On 6/17/2013 3:40 PM, Jay Marshall wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">I
may be wrong (probably am) but I didn’t think there was an issue with
LiPo batteries, just NiCad. Just throw them in a bucket of salt water,
then into the trash after a period of time.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Jay
Marshall<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob
W.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 17, 2013 1:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'General pattern discussion'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery Recycling...Batteries
Plus<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I
think that Best Buy also will take them. Their local stores here have
bins at the entrances.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Pavlock<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 17, 2013 12:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Battery Recycling...Batteries
Plus<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p>Same here. I dropped off a pretty sizeable bag of spent lipos at
Radio Shack and they just took them with no questions asked.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jun 17, 2013 12:26 PM, "astropuppy" <<a href="mailto:astropuppy@gmail.com" target="_blank">astropuppy@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My local Radio Shack takes them too.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Phil S. <<a href="mailto:chuenkan@comcast.net" target="_blank">chuenkan@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Um, out of where,
Keith???? lol</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<pre>Phil Spelt, KCRC Past President<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre>AMA 1294 Scientific Leader Member<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre>SPA L-18, Board Member<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre>(865)435-1476v, (865)604-0541c<u></u><u></u></pre>
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On 6/17/2013 11:58 AM, Keith Hoard wrote: <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Sounds good, but I
prefer billowing smoke and shooting flames. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Keith Hoard<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Collierville, TN<u></u><u></u></p>
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On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:56, "Richard Lewis" <<a href="mailto:humptybump@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">humptybump@sbcglobal.net</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, I googled battery recycling and found
that Batteries Plus (<a href="http://www.batteriesplus.com/" target="_blank">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....<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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....<u></u><u></u></p>
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