Schoolboy error!!!

[David Wolf]

Put a 1 ohm load on them for 24 hours first.



Tapatyped

I like that, discharge the battery first with a safe load then trash. Just have to have a high enough resistance to not exceed the watt rating for the resistor, bulb, or other load. Which is what I will do if I have a battery get "real hot" as the OP stated.

 

[ENAUD]

Filed away in my mental toolbox. I have cradles for all my can cells, easy enough to rig up a discharge circuit.

 

[beckdg]

Aw man...
Too late. Wrapped it up in electrical tape, took it too the tip and disposed of it in the old, used battery box.
Damn...

Tip?

Never mind, I got it.

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

I like that, discharge the battery first with a safe load then trash. Just have to have a high enough watt rating for the resistor, bulb, or other load. Which is what I will do if I have a battery get "real hot" as the OP stated.

Before disposal of ANY battery.

Though with lead acid, they actually do recycle them and are more responsible than just tossing them in a bin full of others to short each other.

Tapatyped

 

[Zutankhamun]

Lol. You Americans. Hehehe.
It's like a unit where you dispose of everything in different labelled skips (you have skips right?).

So like garden waste in one
Wood in another
Furniture
Household etc...

+a little box for batteries

 

[beckdg]

Well Mooch had a different suggestion than I so getting rid of the battery was probably the right thing to do

Sent from my K6000 Pro using Tapatalk

To err on the side of caution, I'm sure.

Had he been there, he'd have likely temperature checked the cell.

Since Z was able to carry the mod to safety, it's almost guaranteed the battery was well within safe Temps.

And the voltage was definitely fine.

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

Lol. You Americans. Hehehe.
It's like a unit where you dispose of everything in different labelled skips (you have skips right?).

So like garden waste in one
Wood in another
Furniture
Household etc...

+a little box for batteries

Here many municipalities have a truck that comes and removes your refuse.

You only have to put it to the curb.

But where I bought my new house, we have the same thing.

We just use different terminology.

Tapatyped

 

[Zutankhamun]

Here many municipalities have a truck that comes and removes your refuse.

You only have to put it to the curb.

But where I bought my new house, we have the same thing.

We just use different terminology.

Tapatyped

No no.
We have a normal 'refuse collection' which are called the binmen here. They come and empty your bins (garbage)
But you have a large area dedicated to refuse which is usually bigger things like if you need to get rid of a huge load of garden waste, or wardrobes.

They also have a box there just for batteries and I won't just put my batteries in our garbage? with the domestic waste. A lot of that just goes into landfill which is a no-no.
We have recycling bins outside the house but I don't feel comfortable putting them in there because of remaining voltage...
I'll take your suggestion on board and discharge the batts in future.

 

[beckdg]

No no.
We have a normal 'refuse collection' which are called the binmen here. They come and empty your bins (garbage)
But you have a large area dedicated to refuse which is usually bigger things like if you need to get rid of a huge load of garden waste, or wardrobes.

They also have a box there just for batteries and I won't just put my batteries in our garbage? with the domestic waste. A lot of that just goes into landfill which is a no-no.
We have recycling bins outside the house but I don't feel comfortable putting them in there because of remaining voltage...
I'll take your suggestion on board and discharge the batts in future.

Ah, I see.

Commonly done the same here.

Logistics may vary slightly from municipality to municipality.

Though where I'm at now, we take everything 3 miles away and put it into the different "bins" and dumpsters according to what it is.

Our taxes are low and we don't pay a garbage man (bin man) on a separate bill. So it's worth the effort.

Tapatyped

 

[Zutankhamun]

Ah, I see.

Commonly done the same here.

Logistics may vary slightly from municipality to municipality.

Though where I'm at now, we take everything 3 miles away and put it into the different "bins" and dumpsters according to what it is.

Our taxes are low and we don't pay a garbage man (bin man) on a separate bill. So it's worth the effort.

Tapatyped

No we don't get a seperate bill either. Our garbage/bin/refuse/trash/rubbish bill is an amount deducted from the council tax - formerly kmown as 'poll tax'
An introduction from Margaret Thatcher. It proved quite unpopular. Poll tax riots...
Either way, I think we are getting slightly now.
For the future, I'll make sure the table is cleaned and/or the mech is locked, and when the time comes I'll safely dispose of my batteries.

 

[David Wolf]

To err on the side of caution, I'm sure.

Had he been there, he'd have likely temperature checked the cell.

Since Z was able to carry the mod to safety, it's almost guaranteed the battery was well within safe Temps.

And the voltage was definitely fine.

Tapatyped

I think most advocating not using that battery were being conservative as well. I'm not worried about you, you know what you're doing. I'm just not a fan of my hand as a temperature measuring device since I would have to calculate the heat transfer through the mod and battery holder to arrive at the actual battery temperature so "very hot" is my personal dump it threshold

 

[daviedog]

180 degrees Fahrenheit.

That's the temp you need to watch for on most batteries.

2 volts to 2.5 volts depending on the particular cell.

That's the damage threshold.

It's almost guaranteed that battery is perfectly good.

Matter of fact, I'm just going to say keep it and watch for excessive heat the next few times it's used.

Internet battery experts really should learn what they're talking about before giving advice.

These guys saying to get rid of it... ask them what proper disposal consists of.

Bet they mostly can't answer.



And that's potentially as dangerous as keeping it. Especially if it's perfectly good and still holding a charge as it seems.

Tapatyped

Burial & Taps..

 

[beckdg]

I think most advocating not using that battery were being conservative as well. I'm not worried about you, you know what you're doing. I'm just not a fan of my hand as a temperature measuring device since I would have to calculate the heat transfer through the mod and battery holder to arrive at the actual battery temperature so "very hot" is my personal dump it threshold

Having a personal threshold that accounts for some spare safety margin is perfectly acceptable.

Passing it off as a factual hard rule is blatant misinformation and loathsome at best.

Tapatyped

 

[Bunnykiller]

toss it all and get a regulated

 

[beckdg]

No we don't get a seperate bill either. Our garbage/bin/refuse/trash/rubbish bill is an amount deducted from the council tax - formerly kmown as 'poll tax'

And in Philadelphia where I lived it's taken out of your taxes as well.

And in Croydon where I lived it comes as a quarterly bill that includes other municipal services.

And in La Plata where I lived, you pick your "binmen" company and enter into a contract where you pay a monthly bill. They compete and the price remains fair-ish.

And in Silver Point where I live now, we drop it off and the service isn't reflected in a bill or a tax.

Izzat clear things up a bit?

Tapatyped

 

[Zutankhamun]

And in Philadelphia where I lived it's taken out of your taxes as well.

And in Croydon where I lived it comes as a quarterly bill that includes other municipal services.

And in La Plata where I lived, you pick your "binmen" company and enter into a contract where you pay a monthly bill. They compete and the price remains fair-ish.

And in Silver Point where I live now, we drop it off and the service isn't reflected in a bill or a tax.

Izzat clear things up a bit?

Tapatyped

Perfect

Croydon?
We gotta Croydon. Good Saturdays
A nice fruit market.
Much better than Lewisham (horrible)
Not as good as Bromley but that was a bit far out.

And then the days when your feeling flush and you go central.

We live and learn sir.

I'll know all about municipalities when I get to the USA


I can put on my face.

 

[puffon]

which are called the binmen here. They come and empty your bins (garbage)

They are called "Garbaligist" or "Sanitation Engineers" here....

 

[Zutankhamun]

They are called "Garbaligist" or "Sanitation Engineers" here....

Thanks puffon. Are you taking the mickey out of me?
I googled 'garbaligist' and got nothing. It sounds made up.
Sanitation engineer is feasible I suppose, but seems crazy.

If a binman told me he was a sanitation engineer it would kinda weird me out.

 

[opticruby]

Thanks puffon. Are you taking the mickey out of me?
I googled 'garbaligist' and got nothing. It sounds made up.
Sanitation engineer is feasible I suppose, but seems crazy.

If a binman told me he was a sanitation engineer it would kinda weird me out.

garbogolist, it is a real occupation, honest.

 

[puffon]

Thanks puffon. Are you taking the mickey out of me?
I googled 'garbaligist' and got nothing. It sounds made up.
Sanitation engineer is feasible I suppose, but seems crazy.

If a binman told me he was a sanitation engineer it would kinda weird me out.

LOL...That's what my retired truck driver dad, calls them.
More "politically correct"...