On Friday August 30 1996, Roy J. Tellason of (1:270/615) wrote to BILL 
UER:
 >> Any books on battery recycling you know of? How might I learn to do this?
 BB>> plug in and the other direct to the heat sink. This will make
 BB>> the diode always the positive side of the "charger" and will
 BB>> give you about 140 volts of pulsating d.c.
 RJT> This is a pretty hazardous setup you're describing here...
GMTA!  ;-)
 RJT> problem if there's any hydrogen gas generated at that point in time.
 RJT> BOOM!
I've done that, mannnnnn!  :-O Sad part was it was in a vehicle at the time. 
Even though I rinsed it thoroughly, that puppy rusted big-time the following 
winter.
 RJT> hydrometer will also reveal any shorted cells so you won't have to 
bother
 RJT> with trying to charge those.
How so?
 RJT> Anyone who's giving any serious consideration to messing around with 
large
 RJT> quantities of automotive-type batteries also needs to consider the
 RJT> potential hazards involved with the fact that you're generating 
ydrogen
 RJT> gas during the charging process,  which is more explosive than 
soline,
Than ANYTHING! They make fusion bombs with Hydrogen. The most powerfull bombs 
on the planet.
 RJT> and with the potentially nasty effects of sulfuric acid,  which *will* 
end
 RJT> up where it's not supposed to.
Hey! Where my pack of smokes go, and what's that brown goo doing on the table 
over there?  ;-)
 RJT> All in all,  this sort of endeavor isn't really something that I'd
 RJT> recommend for people to get into on a casual basis.  There aren't that
 RJT> many batteries out there to be had,  anyway,  as lead is considered
 RJT> "hazardous waste" these days and almost everywhere you go to buy one 
needs
 RJT> to get one in return as a "trade-in" or "core" or they charge you 
tra.
Not in Ohio! You can't GIVE an old battery away! You have to pay them to take 
them, because they are "hazardous waste". But many places will still charge 
you extra for no trade in. They get you coming and going around here!
I knew people that'd find people who were going to buy batteries without 
trad-ins, and would get them ones from junk yards and make money from both 
ends! The yards would pay to get rid of haz-mat, and battery buyer would pay 
for a trade-in, and save more than they paid. If finding those who were 
buying without trade-ins were easier, they'd have been rich!
RYL,
    Chris
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