RE: [RCSE] Lithium battery disposal (follow-up)
Thanks to everyone who replied! I know what I need to do now get a bucket of saltwater ready, discharge the batteries completely, then poke holes in them and drop them in that bucket. You all are a wealth of information. J - Dave From: Art Mcnamee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 13:52 To: Martin Usher Cc: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] Lithium battery disposal Hi Martin and all, If the battery covering is puffed up don.t poke a pin in it or it will pop and burst into flame right now. Be sure you have slowly discharged it all the way first. They can be scary. Regards, Art Martin Usher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That procedure for disposing of LiPoly sounds a lot like what people used to do in England in WW2 to disarm an unexploded bomb (OK, so what they were doing was discharging a battery/capacitor that was part of the electric fuse mechanism, not neutralizing a modern type of battery but it has the same sort of ring to it) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Lithium battery disposal
Hi Martin and all, If the battery covering is puffed up don.t poke a pin in it or it will pop and burst into flame right now. Be sure you have slowly discharged it all the way first. They can be scary. Regards, ArtMartin Usher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That procedure for disposing of LiPoly sounds a lot like what people used to do in England in WW2 to disarm an unexploded bomb(OK, so what they were doing was discharging a battery/capacitor that was part of the electric fuse mechanism, not neutralizing a modern type of battery but it has the same sort of ring to it)Martin UsherRCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Lithium battery disposal
Folks, We have several Lithium Ion/Li-poly cells at work, two of which have gotten pretty bloated. It's my understanding that it would be good to get rid of these pretty quickly - ideally before we burn the building down. What is the best way to get rid of these batteries when they are in this state? Thanks in advance. - Dave attachment: winmail.dat
Re: [RCSE] Lithium battery disposal
I put mine in the neighbor's curb-side mailbox:~) DanDave Brombaugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks,We have several Lithium Ion/Li-poly cells at work, two of which havegotten pretty bloated.It's my understanding that it would be good to get rid of these prettyquickly - ideally before we burn the building down.What is the best way to get rid of these batteries when they are in thisstate?Thanks in advance.- Dave Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel & more fun for the weekend. Check it out!
Re: [RCSE] Lithium battery disposal
Hi Dave, Use a light bulb or similar to drain the cell(s) down to zero voltage. Leave the load on there for some time to make sure the cell is truly empty. Once that's done, puncture the plastic envelope in a few places and soak them in very salty water for a day or so. Then you can just throw 'em in the regular trash. My reference is here... http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2524155postcount=11 Dan Dave Brombaugh wrote: Folks, We have several Lithium Ion/Li-poly cells at work, two of which have gotten pretty bloated. It's my understanding that it would be good to get rid of these pretty quickly - ideally before we burn the building down. What is the best way to get rid of these batteries when they are in this state? Thanks in advance. - Dave RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Lithium battery disposal
That procedure for disposing of LiPoly sounds a lot like what people used to do in England in WW2 to disarm an unexploded bomb (OK, so what they were doing was discharging a battery/capacitor that was part of the electric fuse mechanism, not neutralizing a modern type of battery but it has the same sort of ring to it) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
