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    Question UPS backup battery buyer in the South Florida area?

    Anyone know of a UPS backup battery buyer in the South Florida area?



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    Have you looked in the Buyers and Sellers forum?
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    Your name implies you are a logical person, your post implies otherwise.

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    Any scrap yard will buy them. They are a sealed lead acid battery.
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    not any scrap yard. there are a couple here in denver that dont buy batteries. Dont ask me why but they dont.

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    Thanks Mick and parrothead.

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    I wouldn't sell them whole. The are easy to breakdown and the majority of the weight is a transformer and the batteries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremiah View Post
    I wouldn't sell them whole. The are easy to breakdown and the majority of the weight is a transformer and the batteries.
    I have about 50 APC UPS 300/450/500/600 dead units. Do scrapyards buy the dead batteries, or is it just a matter of doing the right thing to recycle them and keep them out of the landfills? I plan on going to Batteries+ to get some replacement batteries for like $10-$15 each and sell the units for $25-$30 a piece... unless someone has a better suggestion of what to do with them.
    Last edited by AJR; 05-18-2012 at 12:50 AM.

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    Some of those units have 4 to 6 batteries each, I don't think you would want to spend $40.-$60. to make $30. Break them down, sell the batteries, sell the transformers, and sell the low grade boards, and steel.
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    I'm hoping the scrapyard here takes them, I've already got 2 in the truck. They're not regular lead acid, but i think they have some kind of a gel in them making them "spill proof", like the ones used in battery powered wheelchairs

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    what Mechanic said AJR. I broke one down today that had two batteries and a 21 pound transformer, which I also broke down. Looking back now I think that was a waste of time, even though it had some first rate copper in it. (4 pounds #1 just from the transformer)

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    Thanks for the advice... looks like another project for me!

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    get you a cordless with an extra long extension philips tip, and a "cordless driver-1/4" socket" adapter, a long 1/4" extension and some small sockets, those things were made for stripping! The only thing wasn't easiest to use a philips or a socket on was an internal fan i just nailed it with a hammer, and done!

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    Nothing like beating the crap out of scrap! I have a nice 19.2v cordless that lasts for a long long time and a detailed bit/socket set so I should be set. Now to find the time...

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    The batteries should sell for anywhere from .25-36 / lb as a lead acid battery. Do not take apart the battery. Theres a ton of yards down by you espeacially on River Road. Check out Federal Metals or All Florida Scrap or the many others there.... Pm if you need nmore info

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    So grainbow, why wouldn't I get more for separating the batteries from the steel?

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    So grainbow, why wouldn't I get more for separating the batteries from the steel?
    I think he meant not to take the battery apart and try to salvage the lead out of it. Sell them whole.


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