Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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The workshop is at a farm which processes waste wood, they came with branches and left with our batteries. No idea where they were going with them but I would guess they're getting more than a quid each somewhere.
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3CorsaMeal
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you need to find the skip-rats steve
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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i was just going to throw it away, now i want to sell it 
need to find the scrap men first though 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Find a proper scrap metal dealer and call them.
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Anty
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Registered: 19th Mar 08
Location: droitwich
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
Pour the acid out, take the lead out, sell the lead.
How do you get the lead out? ive got 2 old batterys
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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pour acid out (maybe on some weeds) pour normal water in to dilute whats left (don't want burnt), get a big hammer and smash it up, throw plastic in recycling bin (leaves more space in waste bin), take lead to a man with a lead plan.
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John
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That's much more than £10 worth of work.
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ash_corsa
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Registered: 15th Apr 04
Location: Shrewsbury
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40p / Kilo at my local scrap metal place
Average batterys gotta be 10kg+ surely
Definetly no point throwing them away, £4 is £4 at the end of the day.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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new battery in my project thread
seems to have all the specifications of the halfords one but half the price
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by Steve]
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sand-eel
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
new battery in my project thread
seems to have all the specifications of the halfords one but half the price
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by Steve]
whats the cold cranking amps?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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570
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sand-eel
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Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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680
whats your Amp/h?
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AK
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Location: Aberdeen City
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so £150 for collecting (stealing?) and dropping off so 40-50 batteries.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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60
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sand-eel
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My local council waste disposal site has several shelves outside full of batteries, I think I may take some (probably not).
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sand-eel
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
60
Mine is 85, does that mean i'm cooler?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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it probably means you paid more for your battery
mine was 45 quid, halfords one with same spec was 93 
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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I dont get some of this....
Do people think differently to me? I cant see the logic in going to all the hassle of dismantling a battery, getting covered in acid, ripping lead plates out, disposing of battery remains and then going to the scrap man to collect about £4.
What the fuck is the point!!! Surely your time wasted is worth more than that!??!?!
Same with these plums that drive an extra couple of miles to save 1p on a can of beans, or go to multiple shops to get something about 5p cheaper. FUCKIN PLEBS
you waste time, you waste fuel, you waste money to save money 
I can understand selling batteries to scrappies if you have lots (1000's) but not single batteries.
rant over 
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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im not smashing my battery up if someone wants to pay me for the complete unit there fair enough
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JaffaTB
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Registered: 7th Oct 09
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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id dump it in the normal bin, or some bushes near my house
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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I put used oil in the bin, whos to know?
P.s i've never actually sold a battery
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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quote:
Originally posted by JaffaTB
id dump it in the normal bin, or some bushes near my house
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cunningham
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Registered: 25th May 05
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mate at a garage used to get houded by the gypsys (sp) every week for scrap metal and old batterys used to pay him to 4 quid a battery so god knows what they were making out of it
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
so £150 for collecting (stealing?) and dropping off so 40-50 batteries.
No, collecting as in a small company has waste collection contrats with about 1000 sites ( golf clubs, farms, uni's, etc). They collect old tyres, batteries, aerosol cans, plastic, cardboard, oil - engine and cooking etc....Some is sold on to be recycled. Stuff like tyres has to be collected by some recycling company that charge 90p a tyre.
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tigra-tb
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Registered: 26th May 06
Location: stoke on trent
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round are way there's a place called tme recycling and they give £11 per battery ive took loads too them it all depends on were you go for the price you get
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