<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><DIV><BR>I prefer to discharge fully.Whatever the final disposition, recycle place, etc,On a 5s 5000, Ive used a 150W outdoor flood light, or bathroom heat lamp.</DIV>
<DIV>Ron Lockhart</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<HR id=zwchr>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000; FONT-STYLE: normal"><B>From: </B>"Vicente Bortone via NSRCA-discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR><B>To: </B>"Jay Gerber" <jaysgerber@earthlink.net>, "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR><B>Sent: </B>Monday, April 18, 2016 10:28:32 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Li-Po Battery disposal - Best way<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>
<DIV>The local city recycler facility have been taking all batteries in any state of charge. I have done it two or three times. Very easy. Not sure if they still doing it. Probably makes sense to call and check in your city. I think they just gain green points by doing that.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><BR clear=all>
<DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_signature>Vicente "Vince" Bortone</DIV></DIV><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Jay Gerber via NSRCA-discussion <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<DIV lang=EN-US>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'>For whatever it’s worth….If you can’t get to a battery disposal facility like Lowe’s, etc…..<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'>I have discharged batteries using a glass bowl (not metal) filled with a concentrated salt water solution. 2- 5S 5400 ma Lipos took about 2 days for them to get to 0.01 volts. Yesterday I discharged 2 4S 2200 Lipos in a day to 0.00 volts with the same process. No danger, just let them sit and maybe refresh the solution for the bigger batteries. Leave a little longer and they will go to 0.00 volts<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Strip the leads staggered and watch that the positive lead doesn’t get caked up in a day or so. It’s neat watching the bubbling taking place as the “electrons” flow out of the packs.<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Jay<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<DIV>
<DIV style="BORDER-TOP: rgb(181,196,223) 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in">
<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"'> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Terrence Walker via NSRCA-discussion<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 18, 2016 12:44 AM<SPAN><BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:atwooddon@aol.com" target=_blank>atwooddon@aol.com</A>; General pattern discussion<BR></SPAN><SPAN><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Li-Po Battery disposal - Best way<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></P>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>Hello Don,<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>Long time no see. So I have an old 5000 10s flight pack that I want to fully discharge. How can a single 12v taillight bulb discharge this flight pack?<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></SPAN>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>Enquiring minds want to know ...<SPAN style="BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in"><IMG alt="Image removed by sender. *:P tongue" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>Terry <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>
<HR align=center SIZE=1 width="100%">
</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'> atwooddon--- via NSRCA-discussion <<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:ldiamond@diamondrc.com" target=_blank>ldiamond@diamondrc.com</A>; <A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A> <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 16, 2016 6:44 AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Li-Po Battery disposal - Best way</SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>The process I use is to fully discharge the pack using a automotive tail light bulb, strip the mail leads back a couple inches and twist them together then dispose of if in the trash. Fully discharged, lipos pose no environmental dangers.<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Don</SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN>
<P></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Larry Diamond via NSRCA-discussion <<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR>To: 'General pattern discussion' <<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR>Sent: Sat, Apr 16, 2016 6:24 am<BR>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Li-Po Battery disposal - Best way<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>I have a LiPo 5s 5000mAh pack that has a dead cell (1.6v).</SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'> </SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>What is the best way to dispose of this battery?</SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'> </SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>Larry Diamond</SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target=_blank>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</A><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target=_blank>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</A><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN> <SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target=_blank>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" rel=noreferrer target=_blank>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></div></body></html>