Old rechargeable feeder batteries-Questions

[Pineywoods Paul]

We have a feeder "triage" area on our hunting club where we work on and rebuild feeders. After a few years I've now got several dozen 12v and about a dozen 6v discarded rechargeable batteries. These are 1-4 years old. Most won't take a charge and some will charge up enough to spin the motor but are weak and don't stay up more than a week or two.

Do these have any salvage value?
Are there any issues with disposal?

[dustoffer]

Put them in plastic bags, take 'em to Home Depot and put in the recycle bin.

[taterjrs]

There is a place on HWY 6 at the edge of Alvin and Santa Fe that buys batteries. It is called Eagle Battery I believe. Not sure if they will buy the small batteries or not. My brother took some old car batteries there and got about $10 a piece.

[RMW]

I just throw them in the trash. Don't think they are worth anything.

[Old Bald Guy]

Take them to the scrapyard. They buy gell cells just like they do car batteries.

[Pineywoods Paul]

Here's the "inventory":

[Humper]

I just throw them in the trash. Don't think they are worth anything.

Do not do this!

They most likely contain nickel cadmium. Take them to a car parts place or a battery plus store and have them recycled properly.

[jmoore2006]

Most interstate battery locations will give you a 4$ core toward new batteries. And judging from that pile you could walk out with quite a few new batteries


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[Coon]

Take them to the scrapyard. They buy gell cells just like they do car batteries.

I know ^^^^^^ this to be true from experience. They pay by weight.

[kmitchl]

We take ours to a scrap dealer and get cash for them. We test them with an 1134 trailer light bulb with leads soldered to the contacts and a HF voltmeter. A 12v battery with no load should read at least 12.6 volts. When you apply a load with the light bulb the voltage on a good battery should drop no more than two or three tenths of a volt. Anything more and the battery is bad.

[Royal21973]

Use the 12 volts for cores to get car or equipment batteries