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cut off the battery/balance leads for parts and dispose of the battery in the local battery recycle bin. Once totally discharged, nothing further needs to be done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>ronlock--- via NSRCA-discussion<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 14, 2016 6:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stuart Chale <schale1@outlook.com>; General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Miller, Steve <Snaproll4@aol.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo disposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To discharge old Lipos, I put them on charger to discharge. Then plug them into an ordinary 117v, 250 watt heat lamp. <br>
From a discharged state, a few hours seems to kill them totally. Lamp gets warm not hot.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A day or so later I repeat the discharge with lamp.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (To adapt the lamp to lipo, I started with a hardware store adaptor that has female threads for ordinary light bulb,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to standard wall outlet prongs. I added a cord with heat shrink to fit the outlet prongs, and my brand Lipo plug)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I also have a smoke detector in my in house shop. It's not a solution, but increases warning time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">"Stuart Chale via NSRCA-discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:Snaproll4@aol.com">Snaproll4@aol.com</a>, "General pattern discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Monday, June 13, 2016 9:01:56 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lipo fire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Jun 13, 2016, at 8:56 PM, Snaproll4--- via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">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
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