It seems the drill packs from all the manufacturers have a recycle number on them
1-800-822-8837. I used that number to find this site.
Type in your zip code and all the recycle bins in your area show up.
In my area, all the Home Depots and Lowes use this same service.
That info is awesome! Been dumpster diving for over 30 years and wish there was a site I could just type in a zip code and “Gold ” could be found.
Fellow dumpster divers,
I recently came up with a lion Makita battery pack while diving in a Home Depot recycle bin. While researching the Sony 18650v batteries inside I came upon some good reading on these "konion" Sony IMR cells and their rumored self balancing properties. I don't understand it fully so I will just suggest any interested parties google search "konion self balancing" and read what the folks at endless-sphere.com have to say on the subject.
Brian
i found a toshiba pa3612u-1brs
I have found these in the past and they produce NCR18650 2900Mah batteries
I will update when i i open it.
I’m jealous.
The Best Buy near me has elaborate recycling bins, with a rubber flap “valve” and a sloped baffle, and its right by the front door 6 feet from the loss-control guy. I need to find some places with more accessible bins. I haven’t seen any at Home Depot, and they aren’t listed on the county’s list of battery recycling locations.
a lucky man
A friend of mine, not a member here, but into flashlights none the less sent me these pics of a 40V Kobalt battery pack that HE found in the Lowes recycle bin. It was only half full with only 10 cells. The cell info is scribbled onto a piece of paper on the desk. The pack claims to be 2.0AH, that would mean those are 2000mAh cells. He claims there is also a 4AH version of this pack, so that one would be full with 20 cells.
This pack, like the one I found appears to be brand new
Walk in like you own the joint and help yourself. My Best Buy is set up identical to yours. The absolute worst thing that can happen is you will be asked to leave. Who cares what anyone thinks or cares, you are a battery junkie and have to get a fix…… NO Guts NO Glory NO Batteries!
I found the ultimate item in the recycle pile today… a small metal box that ENDLESSLY chants Hare Krishna mantras… 6 different ones, selectable by a button.
It has a line cord coming out that has round pins on it… probably 240V. Digging out my plug adapter I verified that it does not work on 117V. Opening it up revealed a power supply with center tapped transformer, two diodes, and a capacitor. Voltage out was 2.2V. I replaced the two diode/center tap connection with a full bridge connection. Yipee!
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
hare rāma hare rāma
rāma rāma hare hare
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
hare rāma hare rāma
rāma rāma hare hare
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
hare rāma hare rāma
rāma rāma hare hare
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare
hare rāma hare rāma
rāma rāma hare hare
No. More. I. Surrender. Kill. Me. Please.
Umm . . . tp, please put the bottle down and log off of BLF.
-Garry
It.
Hare hare.
Has.
Rama rama.
No.
Krishna rama.
OFF.
Krishna krishna.
Switch.
I think that box was in a Twilight Zone episode.
The only way to shut it off is to throw it away! Now YOU’RE stuck with it.
Hi, my name is Harvey Krishna. Have you heard the word of Buddha today?
Please no religious discussions on BLF........
(sound of round being chambered in my 1911)
BANG!!!
silence.
zach8935 wrote:
Do they just let you go thru the recycle bins or do you have to ask? Only real recycle bin for battery packs round here is best buy
Best Buys are great because they get all kinds of batteries and lots of them. I wouldn't bother asking. Likely to get a no. Better to just do and beg forgiveness if confronted. Most employees probably don't care one way of the other. Just in case one is there that cares, I just go up the bin with a triple layer of plastic grocery bags and act like I'm putting batteries in the bin.
I’ve had many a good foray in the local recycle bin which included a motherlode of 7AA Eneloops and 3 AAAs. I’ve had Tronics, Energizers and Lloytrons and even a smattering of alkalines that were pretty much full. Some of these were no good with low capacity, high SD or not retaining a charge but for us “enthusiasts” this is just the fun of it all.
These days however, I’ve curtailed my forays as there can only be so many times that I can spend dropping off a couple of spent cells in the bins to try and hide my foraging. There’s something so damn tempting about getting something for nothing!
So far I got packs with dead NiCads and some dead alkaline AA's. 
Feeling like Charlie Brown. 
This time brand new still hermetically sealed!
WTF?
146Wh!!!
I know it claims 40v, but I now suspect it will be 10s2p for 42v charged and 36v nominal. Divide 146 by 36 and you get about 4. That means this pack will contain 20, 2A cells.
There they are. 20, Sanyo UR18650RX
2050mAh cells. They were sitting at 2.8v each and I am testing them now.
(It takes a long time to test 20 cells)
