Sunday, decided to go out to Little Ceaser's to get a $5 pizza. Started to drive over, and passed the high rise apartment building that is one block down from my house, and a guy was throwing a battery operated power chair seat in the dumpster. I work for a medical equipment company, only reason I knew what it was. So I decided on the way back I would stop and grab it for the metal frame on the bottom, some of them have a good bit of weight. So stopped back by and he is tossing a set of power chair wheels in the dumpster. I pulled up and asked him if he had anything else he was tossing out, if it was metal I would get it for him and toss it in the truck, if it wasn't metal I would help him get it to the dumpster. He was a older guy and seemed to be having some trouble with the slightly heavy items and the tall dumpster. Said he only had two more things to grab but he would appreciate the help cause they are heavy. I walked over to the door and he had two 35AH batteries from a power chair. Said a family member came by and switched out the parts and forgot to take the old ones to the dumpster for him.
So I got the wheels, seats and batteries and it wasn't even trash night!Normally power chairs have one of three batteries, 15AH, 35AH and 55AH, AH meaning amp hour. I normally get $2 a piece for the 15's, $4 a piece for the 35's and $7.50 for 55's, so the batteries alone paid for the pizza, woot woot. No big score or anything, but I was happy.
We now return you from my little victory to the massive pulls of the other forum members... lol
BTW if anyone finds anything home medical wise and has any questions that google can't answer, (doesn't happen often), send me a PM and I will help out if I can.
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