[RE-wrenches] Aqueon disposal

[Bradley Bassett]

They do not spill liquid when turned up side down, the valve only opens on
high pressure. But there could be free liquid inside that would escape if
they are broken. When I hired a couple of strong guys to move mine into
place we tried using the eye and a bar through it, but that did not work
well. One would need to find a way to prevent the eye from sliding on the
bar. A bloody hand was had by one of the guys. They ended up using a hand
truck. The attached document shows that you can tilt them up to 45° for up
to one hour. My eye has moved on, I think I bought it from McMaster-Carr. I
had to get a male threaded eye and coupling nut, they did not have a female
threaded eye that fit.

The cell packs also make good shop weights, very flat on bottom, just don't
drop them. I kept a few for the purpose.

Brad

On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 5:00 PM, Rick Brown <
rick at solshineenergyalternatives.com> wrote:

> Quite resourceful, Brad.
>
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> On Jul 26, 2018, at 6:54 PM, Bradley Bassett <bbassett2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was lucky that my local county Hazo-house took a look at the MSDS and
> said drop them off. The person there saw my big MSDS printout and said uh
> oh, but then she knew just where to look and said fine no problem drop them
> off. Too bad not everyone is that knowledgeable about what they are looking
> at.
>
> These are so much easier to move when you take them apart too. 30 lbs cell
> blocks. Then you have some interesting parts to do something with. Attached
> is a photo of my Super Aquion Gravel Tamper tool.  Some of the other
> aluminum parts will get incorporated into one of my homemade telescopes.
>
> Brad
> AEE Solar
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 4:22 PM, Glenn Burt <glenn.burt at glbcc.com> wrote:
>
>> Howdy wrenches,
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with disposing of the Aqueon battery
>> stacks?
>>
>> We have a number that have failed and our local waste station is balking,
>> regardless of how much hand-holding we provide and specifications, MSDS and
>> manufacturer info we supply.
>>
>> We have been referred to the state Environmental Conservation Agency and
>> they are discussing haz-mat and recycling requirements with no
>> understanding of their components.
>>
>> Any suggestions, recommendations or experience with recycling/disposing
>> of these batteries?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Glenn
>>
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