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    Electric Weed wackers.

    okay i picked up this electric weed whacker and i'm curious to if i need to discharge it like a tv or if it's all good to tear apart. Any assistance would be much appreciated.



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    even if it has a battery?

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    No need to discharge. Just take the battery out to prevent an accident.
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    alright i got the thing disassembled, i got plastic crap, the battery pack (when i look in i see e-scrap wiring and what looks like a wet cell), should i try to disassemble the battery pack, or just sell it as a battery to my yard?

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    did you check to see if it worked ?

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    it was on it's last legs, wouldn't cut through grass.

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    Do not disassemble battery. What kind of battery is it? You might be able to sell the battery to your scrap yard.

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    it's a lead battery. here are some pics of the whole pack.




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    take your axe and wake it a few times till the motor is separated from the plastics. i sometimes will just cut the weed wacker off where the motor is with the plastic on and just put in in the mixed em pile....

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    Any time I get an electric weedeater, if it works at all, I'll put it on FreeCycle, yep, for free ; ) There's a dollars worth in scrapping it, which takes a half hour to get, and that's about as cheap of advertising you'll get anywhere. Just tell em when they're done with it to give you a call and you'll pick it up, and any other scrap they wanna get rid of : )

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