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Lithium Battery Leak! Help!
Hi group. Both Maxell CR 2016 3V batteries in my Nova keychain flashlight
leaked after I accidentally went swimming with my keys in my pocket. Does anyone know how to clean out all of the battery leakage, it has corroded some of the little metal pieces (rusty looking)? Also, how do you recycle these batteries? Justin |
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Lithium Battery Leak! Help!
jmonteiro wrote:
Hi group. Both Maxell CR 2016 3V batteries in my Nova keychain flashlight leaked after I accidentally went swimming with my keys in my pocket. Does anyone know how to clean out all of the battery leakage, it has corroded some of the little metal pieces (rusty looking)? Also, how do you recycle these batteries? Justin CR2016 "coin" lithium batteries are not rechargable, and I don't know of anyone who takes old (non-recharable) batteries for recycling. Just throw them away. About your Nova flashlight...it is trashed - buy a new one. Maybe a water resistant one this time? http://www.equipped.com/led_lights3b.htm http://www.photonlight.com/products/...icrolight.html |
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Lithium Battery Leak! Help!
"jmonteiro" wrote in
newsN%Mc.2340$zA4.1252@lakeread04: Hi group. Both Maxell CR 2016 3V batteries in my Nova keychain flashlight leaked after I accidentally went swimming with my keys in my pocket. Does anyone know how to clean out all of the battery leakage, it has corroded some of the little metal pieces (rusty looking)? Also, how do you recycle these batteries? Justin Radio Shack accepts batteries for recycling. Household vinegar will probably clean out the electrolyte from the cells. It works for alkaline batteries,too. It will not do anything for the rust or restore the plating,though. -- Jim Yanik jyanik-at-kua.net |
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Lithium Battery Leak! Help!
Travis Jordan wrote:
jmonteiro wrote: .... CR2016 "coin" lithium batteries are not rechargable, and I don't know of anyone who takes old (non-recharable) batteries for recycling. Just throw them away. No! Lithium's nasty (the current alkalines don't have mercury anymore so they're not as bad as they were in the 80s). Radio Shack and other places take Lithium batteries, old Cell Phone and Laptop batteries. |
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Lithium Battery Leak! Help!
Chuck Yerkes wrote:
Travis Jordan wrote: jmonteiro wrote: ... CR2016 "coin" lithium batteries are not rechargable, and I don't know of anyone who takes old (non-recharable) batteries for recycling. Just throw them away. No! Lithium's nasty (the current alkalines don't have mercury anymore so they're not as bad as they were in the 80s). Radio Shack and other places take Lithium batteries, old Cell Phone and Laptop batteries. Fully discharged CR (Manganese Dioxide) lithium batteries aren't "nasty". http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/...iumCR_Info.pdf DISPOSAL Lithium batteries are neither specifically listed nor exempted from the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hazardous waste regulations as promulgated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The only metal of possible concern in a lithium battery is lithium that is not a listed or characteristic toxic hazardous waste. Waste lithium batteries can be considered a reactive hazardous waste if there is a significant amount of unreacted, or unconsumed lithium remaining in the spent battery. The key to disposing of a lithium battery as a non*hazardous waste is to guarantee that it is fully or mostly discharged. Once it is discharged it can be disposed of as non*hazardous waste. You can dispose of a fully charged or partially discharged lithium battery as a hazardous waste after they are first neutralized through an approved secondary treatment. The need for a secondary treatment prior to disposal is a requirement of the U.S. Land Ban Restrictions of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. A secondary treatment center can only receive these batteries as manifested hazardous waste. The waste code for charged lithium batteries is D003, reactive. In either case, button cell batteries contain so little lithium that they never qualify as a reactive hazardous waste. These batteries are safe for disposal in the normal municipal waste stream. |
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Lithium Battery Leak! Help!
Chuck Yerkes wrote:
Radio Shack and other places take Lithium batteries, old Cell Phone and Laptop batteries. Rechargable batteries, that is. Information courtesy of http://www.rbrc.com/consumer/faq.html Where can I recycle my used rechargeable batteries? Just go to any of our participating retailers. In the U.S.: Alltel, Batteries Plus, Best Buy, Black & Decker, Cingular Wireless, The Home Depot, Milwaukee Electric Tool, Orchard Supply, Porter Cable Service Center, RadioShack, Remington Product Company, Sears, Staples, Target, US Cellular, Verizon Wireless, and Wal-Mart. And in Canada: Battery Plus, Bell Mobility, Canadian Tire, FIDO/Microcell, Future Shop, The Home Depot, Home Hardware, London Drugs, Makita Factory Service Centers, Personal Edge/Centre du Rasoir, RadioShack Canada, Revy, Sasktel, Sears, The Sony Store, Telus Mobility and Zellers. Use our collection site locator, or call the consumer helpline, 1-800-8-BATTERY, to find the retail collection site nearest you. |
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Lithium Battery Leak! Help!
I'd suggest put the batts in a ziploc sandwich bag, and then a second Ziploc
on top of the first one. Really contain the crud. Agreed, the flash light is junk. The LED bulb may be useful for play, it runs on 4.5 volts. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com "Chuck Yerkes" wrote in message news:d0GNc.170474$a24.51210@attbi_s03... Travis Jordan wrote: jmonteiro wrote: .... CR2016 "coin" lithium batteries are not rechargable, and I don't know of anyone who takes old (non-recharable) batteries for recycling. Just throw them away. No! Lithium's nasty (the current alkalines don't have mercury anymore so they're not as bad as they were in the 80s). Radio Shack and other places take Lithium batteries, old Cell Phone and Laptop batteries. |
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
I'd suggest put the batts in a ziploc sandwich bag, and then a second Ziploc on top of the first one. Really contain the crud. /snip/ "....button cell batteries contain so little lithium that they never qualify as a reactive hazardous waste. These batteries are safe for disposal in the normal municipal waste stream." ibid http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/...iumCR_Info.pdf |
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