Scrap NiCd Batteries

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.

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.

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.

EBay didn't even cross my mind. I will look into that rout.

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.

Originally Posted by anneandcoty

Have 120000 lbs wet Nicd any buyer

I think we went thru this before about these.......Seems no one on this forum will touch them