33,000 lbs of battery scrap

**sheepdogtx** · 09-04-2012, 12:07 PM

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Just FYI all you cant melt battery lead like you can wheel weights. They have a massive amount of stored chemicals released as a gas that will kill you dead on the spot in high doses. Even if you can melt it down safely if its not processed to remove this it will poison the next guy that melts it. Only buy this stuff if you know what to do. Its still good lead, it just needs proper handling.

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**Mick** · 09-04-2012, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by sheepdogtx

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Just FYI all you cant melt battery lead like you can wheel weights. They have a massive amount of stored chemicals released as a gas that will kill you dead on the spot in high doses. Even if you can melt it down safely if its not processed to remove this it will poison the next guy that melts it. Only buy this stuff if you know what to do. Its still good lead, it just needs proper handling.

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I don't think anybody was intending to melt down the lead from 33,000 pounds of batteries. Where did you even get that idea?

**sheepdogtx** · 09-04-2012, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Mick

I don't think anybody was intending to melt down the lead from 33,000 pounds of batteries. Where did you even get that idea?

Because the lead in batteries is paper thin with alot of space and quite bulky with the cases. In fact the lead in a passenger car battery minus the posts would melt into an ingot not much bigger than a muffin.

Not to stomp on the post, I just didnt want anyone getting hurt.