Lithium-Ion Batteries - Page 2

I found a northeast buyer that would buy at 1.50/lb. now a week later they are paying .90/lb. I can't understand what happened. Have to call Monday.

my buyer in FL has been paying 75¢ lb for years now when I am ready for another shipment he is down to .05¢ lb.

According to one of the buyers on the forum, the Chinese buyers / recyclers that eventually buy most of these have shifted to buying Li-ion scrap from medical devices. Not sure if it is a higher grade or just that they found a cheaper source. It sounds like the old supply and demand scenario. Supply just increased because the medical community found out about a more profitable way to dispose of these, so our prices went down.

The reason lithium ion laptop batteries pay so well has nothing to do with lithium. Any that are still in demand are refurbished with new cells and re-sold. As for switching to medical devices, I think that was misinformation you were given. Most of them have lower grade than laptop batteries due to the heavier casings.

The laptop batterys have nice Gold contacts. Id expect a thicker plating too.

One morning in bed, I hear a loud 'snap/bang' sound somewhere in the house. I relised Id heard this before too.
Then one day I open a container with some button cells in them and find a couple of little discs and two empty button cells...
I expect they had touched, shorted out, got hot, and exploded.

Can you use a sheet of, dunno what you call it, the plastic you stick to the bottom of kitchen cupboards and stick the batterys to that, all the same side up and then stick another sheet over the other side?