Scrapping aCar Battery for Lead
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Today I decided to scrap down a car battery. I was planning on scraping down two of them but it took way too long for one. I got the battery I have from watching it fall off the back of a truck when it went around a corner. So I stopped and picked it up. The biggest problem I had with this battery, other than the "acid" situation, is because it was damaged, a lot of the plates were in a million pieces.
This was the dirtiest scrap I've done. It wasn't too enjoyable. But I'm happy with the Lead I got from it. Is it worth it??? That's in the eye of the beholder. I hope everyone enjoys watching my misery. Lol.
Enjoy the video. Comment your favorite or least favorite part. Have a good weekend. And as always, stay safe.
My MOS in the Army was 63B10, Light Wheel Vehicle mechanic. I worked on anything from humvees to 10 ton tractor trailers. Our unit even had an M88 tracked recovery vehicle that had tricycle handle bars for a steering wheel lol.
But during Desert Storm in the middle of bumm fucked Saudi Arabia desert, our LT decided to play dune buggy with his humvee while bringing back some supplies I had ordered, some of which was 2 ea 5 gallon jugs of undiluted battery acid.
One of the jugs split and spilled it’s contents out into the vehicles floor. It started eating the mats and aluminum floor etc, and he showed up begging me to clean it out and hide the mess, which I did, but it ended up burning both of my hands pretty good.
Being as we were in the desert the most I could do was to park the vehicle on a hill sideways and then use tons and tons of water to flush the acid out. I drilled 1 half inch hole in the floor as a drain and then got water platoon to bring me a 500 gallon tote of water. I used all of the water, and was able to clean the acid out
My hands… were burnt WHITE , the outer layers of skin was dead dead and took a few weeks to come off. I had to wear socks on my hands at night with Vaseline and during the day I wore rubber gloves with Vaseline.
Never again will I mess with battery acid without gloves.
Why did I back then ?
Well, in the desert I didn’t have access to rubber gloves or protective gloves.
The ONLY protective gloves I had for chemicals were my NBC gloves and those were being saved in case we were attacked with NBC weapons.
So yeah, if your going to fool around with batteries, you absolutely need protective gloves, apron, and GLASSES.
You only get one pair of see balls. That’s it
It would have been interesting to have weigh the battery before and after to see exactly how much was usable lead. How much do you think you recovered from the batteries... I couldn't tell by the scale... But once you tackled such a battery, you now know what to do next time to make it better experience. That is IF you recovered enough lead to make the effort worth it...
I don't think I would have put this video up on here,😂 it would have been easier and cleaner to cash the batteries in.😂
Nope...
Lead per lb is expensive to buy.
Far more than the scrap value.
Well that was kinda embarrassing. Better luck next time!
Lots of work to scrap a battery and melt it. Cool video! new friend here
Ya. It was a lot more work than I expected. But it was a cool experience. Appreciate the follow. 👍
Just came across this video. Man I have to say, you made a huge mess, your equipment is in beat up shape, you forgot gloves and had to go get some, you wore tennis shoes and not boots, you dont know what your going to do with the waste , you spilt the lead all over the place and almost burnt your hands . Man this is like satire even though its not meant to be. I have not used a small forge yet , Im gonna get one soon. This is going to be me exactly to the tee. This video reminds me of me. Its original and I loved it. You got my sub. Great video and work. Keep it up. Thanks
@@lubovgeorgeable Thank you bro. Good luck with your forge. It's a really fun hobby. It gets addictive to where you just want to do it more and more. 👍
Should leave it for the pros😅😅😅😅😅😅
I'm a professional in training. Lmao
When scrapping batteries always have baking soda mixed with water to neutralize the acid
I cant remember if its sulfuric or hydrochloric acid but acid burns are not pretty or fun
That stuff you knocked out of plates is lead oxide
You should use a hazmat suit for this project. I thought about taking apart a battery, but lead would get everywhere.
Thats twice you videos made me jump back!
Cool melt
New subscriber hear.
Thanks bro
looks really sketchy lol
Edit: the battery part
I didn't really like the acid thing. I will probably stick to getting lead from the range from now on. Lol
@@AmericanArtillery yeah I don't blame you lol, battery acid is decently scary to mess around with, thing's can go bad pretty quick.
I guess this answers the question is it worth doing. No
It's not worth it to me. But still a good experience to do once.
🎉If u save up like 50-100 car batteries, that’d be a lot of lead you’d get from it. 🎉
lolollooooolllll. so you suposed to be the american "bigstack" hmm? .eheh chill m8 all good.
I love watching BigstackD videos. But I'm American Artillery. I do things my own way. Like it. Or don't. That's up to you. 👍