Wish we were closer on earth. I scrapped one to take a look. Hated the smell most were starting to swell. I took about 200 pounds of laptop batteries to our hazardous waste site at the landfill.
That was something different and very interesting Mike. If I start scrapping them I now know what to expect. You can still do short videos on your scrap runs and pick ups, I would be happy watching those, it doesn't always need to be new original content. 👍
A Fineliner. Thanks! I know what you are saying. I just don't want that for myself, repeating or near repeating of the same scrap, that's why I try keep it fresh. Your support is greatly appreciated. 👍😀
@terrybaptist795 . Hi, If it were me, it would depend on whether or not the battery was completely sealed/encased in plastic. If this is the case, I wouldn't bother. The risk of puncturing the layers of the battery and shorting them out trying to remove the case would certainly be very high. If it were a cell phone battery where it could be unwrapped reasonably safely or even power tool batteries that are encased in metal and can be de-shelled, I'd give it a try. Please make sure the battery is completely flat before doing anything like this, though.
Very interesting Mike. I have enjoyed watching the videos you have made and find your methods are really effective. Look forward to your next video, melts are cool to watch also. Cheers mate.
I wonder how hard it would be to figure out how to chemically separate the lithium and sell it to a buyer. Last I looked, lithium was sitting around $3-$12 a gram?
How do you discharge the battries? What do you do with what's left from them? We all do stuff differently. It's ok if you do things others have done. We get to learn from each other that way!
A couple of ways. You can hot glue an L.E.D across the +/- and wait for it to drain the battery that way or you can hot glue a 4 Ohm resistor in place of the L.E.D. My favourite is less conventional but a lot quicker, as you cut the into the outer casing make sure not to short the metal strips sticking out the top of the battery and just slowly unwrap the two plates from the insulating material. Never had an issue with shorting and I have dismantled quite a few full charged batteries this way. I keep the graphite that separates from the copper plate, as for the Aluminium side, I am currently storing that, until I can find a quick and effective way of removing it. Thanks man!
@Sharkscrapper Once all the copper is clean, I simply leave the water to evaporate leaving behind all the dried dust. No, I haven't had it tested yet, as I don't think its lithium as such, otherwise it would be a lot more reactive when mixed with water. Thank you for watching! 🙂
Acid might separate the lithium just look at how it's origionally processed copy that most likely the copper in those batteries is probably worth more and easier and less money to recycle
in which computers can you see these batteries what you said in the movie on the phone i know but I mean what were said on the computer what kind of computer can it be?
Hi Krystian. Those square batteries came out of the older MacBooks. If you breakdown the battery casing you will find that they are simply just stacked inside like what you saw.
@@MicroScraprMike Excelente aporte porque en razón de haber visto otros vídeos que incluyen el Aluminio y Cobre, luego se complica mucho para separarlos nuevamente con demasiado uso de ácidos generalmente muriatico y también el agua desionizada... Pero a sabiendas de que el Litio reacciona ante el agua o simplemente se oxida a la intemperie habrá que ver qué queda luego del enjuague con agua 💧🤔💭 ahora que recuerdo también suelen usar el ácido con el cual hacen burbujas las gaseosas y la ventaja radica en que luego se evapora 💪 En lo personal deberías también desarmar otra batería y probar con agregado de grafito, carbón, o quizás alguna Sal no muy fuerte que afecte por corrosión la lámina del frágil Aluminio. Slds. Cordiales desde Argentina 🇦🇷👋
It's not Dangerous but still they get explode sometimes even it's fully discharged, i tried this with some pouch cells from the inbuilt laptop battery just for fun but it suddenly exploded the liquid on my T-shirt I'm lucky that it didn't get anyway fire. a tiny spark can makes a big fire (sometimes they don't show any voltage if we measure with multimeter it just disconnects the battery terminals when we discharge them deeply but theres still some power stuck in it) anyway safety first which I don't care much Hah nice video sir.
Wish we were closer on earth. I scrapped one to take a look. Hated the smell most were starting to swell. I took about 200 pounds of laptop batteries to our hazardous waste site at the landfill.
That was something different and very interesting Mike. If I start scrapping them I now know what to expect. You can still do short videos on your scrap runs and pick ups, I would be happy watching those, it doesn't always need to be new original content. 👍
A Fineliner. Thanks! I know what you are saying. I just don't want that for myself, repeating or near repeating of the same scrap, that's why I try keep it fresh. Your support is greatly appreciated. 👍😀
What is the safest way to strip down and scrap electric bicycle betteries?
@terrybaptist795 . Hi, If it were me, it would depend on whether or not the battery was completely sealed/encased in plastic. If this is the case, I wouldn't bother. The risk of puncturing the layers of the battery and shorting them out trying to remove the case would certainly be very high. If it were a cell phone battery where it could be unwrapped reasonably safely or even power tool batteries that are encased in metal and can be de-shelled, I'd give it a try. Please make sure the battery is completely flat before doing anything like this, though.
It blows my mind on how little there is to the batteries
salty assassins. Yet, they can be quite dangerous in the right atmosphere lol.😅
Very interesting Mike. I have enjoyed watching the videos you have made and find your methods are really effective. Look forward to your next video, melts are cool to watch also. Cheers mate.
Brad lang.Thank you for your support in views. I'm glad that you find my methods effective and useful! 😊
Wish youd make more videos
I wonder how hard it would be to figure out how to chemically separate the lithium and sell it to a buyer. Last I looked, lithium was sitting around $3-$12 a gram?
I would have to look into that and see how difficult it would be to chemically strip lithium. At those prices it seems well worth it.
How do you discharge the battries? What do you do with what's left from them? We all do stuff differently. It's ok if you do things others have done. We get to learn from each other that way!
A couple of ways. You can hot glue an L.E.D across the +/- and wait for it to drain the battery that way or you can hot glue a 4 Ohm resistor in place of the L.E.D. My favourite is less conventional but a lot quicker, as you cut the into the outer casing make sure not to short the metal strips sticking out the top of the battery and just slowly unwrap the two plates from the insulating material. Never had an issue with shorting and I have dismantled quite a few full charged batteries this way. I keep the graphite that separates from the copper plate, as for the Aluminium side, I am currently storing that, until I can find a quick and effective way of removing it. Thanks man!
A tungsten light bulb will discharge them pretty fast as well. Anything with high resistance will work good
Water will safely discharge a batterey
Good
Now I'm curious what you do with the material left in the water. I'm assuming that is the lithium and other compounds. Have you had it analyzed?
@Sharkscrapper Once all the copper is clean, I simply leave the water to evaporate leaving behind all the dried dust. No, I haven't had it tested yet, as I don't think its lithium as such, otherwise it would be a lot more reactive when mixed with water. Thank you for watching! 🙂
I think lithium would be in the same dust ?????? !!!!!!!!! ??????
Sir what mix in water to separate copper from black material, thanks
@@FaizTech466 It's simply just that, water. I haven't had the need to work out a mix ratio. Some peel instantly others take a little longer.
Acid might separate the lithium just look at how it's origionally processed copy that most likely the copper in those batteries is probably worth more and easier and less money to recycle
Whats about some Chemistry ??
Thanks and Best regards .
Thanks and same to you! 🙂
Does it have any value ? Can one sell it? Once recovered.
@iacobciuchete6600 . If done properly, I'm sure there would be "value" on the aluminium strip side.
in which computers can you see these batteries what you said in the movie on the phone i know but I mean what were said on the computer what kind of computer can it be?
Hi Krystian. Those square batteries came out of the older MacBooks. If you breakdown the battery casing you will find that they are simply just stacked inside like what you saw.
@@MicroScraprMike Ok thank you🙂
Hurray thank you so much😁
Thanks, Krystian!
Interesante 🤔 para luego hervir el agua y tratar de recuperar Litio que vendrá con cobalto entre otros...
I have yet to find other people refining lithium ion batteries that aren't commercial enterprises. That shows a step by step breakdown of the process.
@@MicroScraprMike
Excelente aporte porque en razón de haber visto otros vídeos que incluyen el Aluminio y Cobre, luego se complica mucho para separarlos nuevamente con demasiado uso de ácidos generalmente muriatico y también el agua desionizada...
Pero a sabiendas de que el Litio reacciona ante el agua o simplemente se oxida a la intemperie habrá que ver qué queda luego del enjuague con agua 💧🤔💭 ahora que recuerdo también suelen usar el ácido con el cual hacen burbujas las gaseosas y la ventaja radica en que luego se evapora 💪
En lo personal deberías también desarmar otra batería y probar con agregado de grafito, carbón, o quizás alguna Sal no muy fuerte que afecte por corrosión la lámina del frágil Aluminio.
Slds. Cordiales desde Argentina 🇦🇷👋
It's not Dangerous but still they get explode sometimes even it's fully discharged, i tried this with some pouch cells from the inbuilt laptop battery just for fun but it suddenly exploded the liquid on my T-shirt I'm lucky that it didn't get anyway fire. a tiny spark can makes a big fire (sometimes they don't show any voltage if we measure with multimeter it just disconnects the battery terminals when we discharge them deeply but theres still some power stuck in it) anyway safety first which I don't care much Hah nice video sir.
DIY with batteries. Thanks! 👍
lithium ion batts dont contain any lithium metal so they aren't really worth scraping
It's nickle not aluminium
Who cares about the LiPF6??? .. and HF??
Do you know how to extract them?