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Does anybody know of any buyers for NiCd batteries?
I have a bunch of battery packs from cordless tools and was wondering if there was a market for them.
I tried to search the forum but nothing jumped out at me, I also tried to search for buyers and didn't come up with any.
If you search a little more, theres a way to "shock" them and bring them back to life. I don't remember where I saw it. Don't know if I'd try it...
I saw that on youtube, I also saw an article where you can rebuild the battery packs. They claim that only 1 or 2 of the cells are bad, just replace those cells and your pack will hold the charge again.
Problem is, I don't have the tools for any of these packs, I got them from a company when I picked up other scrap. There is about 30 or 40 19.2V craftsman battery packs there. I'm more than willing to strip the plastic off the packs if I can find a place that will buy the batteries.
arcoa will buy them
YEah I bet you could pack then 5 at a time and sell them as untested on ebay for good money.
We buy them here but with the market crashing I will have to check with my buyer as soon as I can on those to see where the price is at right now.
Refurbished battery packs are getting decent money on ebay
EBay didn't even cross my mind. I will look into that rout.
My yard told me there isn't a market for those so they won't buy em. I'm afraid to even think of how to check each cell, batteries/acid scare me like that lol.
Basically it's a bunch of dry cells about the size of a "c" size battery linked together "+" to "-" to achieve desired voltage. It's been a while so I forget the whole process I went thru to test, but you have to weed out the bad cells, then shock the cells that are still usable, put it all back together and charge. I didn't use a welder but a good sized battery charger, little safer but still plenty of sparks flying around. Reconditioned batteries worked for a while but then went back to there old ways so I treated myself to a new set of Makita Lithium Ion tools and never looked back.
When there life is up it's up! You can try to extend it but be real and except the facts.
Everyone is on Lithium these days. It will last for Ions.
I wonder how many of the buyers on ebay are refurbishing them and how many are meth labs looking for ingredients?
A new scrap yard here buys them I got $.23 a pound for NiCad and NiMh rechargeable batteries! Better than nothing! I only had 6 pounds.
Have 120000 lbs wet Nicd any buyer
I think we went thru this before about these.......Seems no one on this forum will touch themQuote:
Originally Posted by anneandcoty
If they hold a charge, I can usually sell them for slightly higher than "break even" .
Note: I sell bulk small rechargeable battery units on Ebay from time to time. I test all the units to see if they can hold a charge before shipping.
I also am looking for a buyer for several thousands pounds of wet nicad batteries. Please let me know if or when you find a buyer and could you send me their contact info.
Thanks
there may be a market to the refurbishers. they may need the cases to put the new cells in