Scrap lead prices.

littleharbor2littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭✭✭
in Old Battery Tech Discussions #1
Pleasantly surprised the other day when I took my 8 batteries from my battery bank to the recycler and was paid 34 cents a pound for them.  $274 dollars back, Yesss!

2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old  but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric,  460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.

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  • Ralph DayRalph Day Solar Expert Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭✭
    #2
    Last month recycled 2400 pounds of Surrette lead and got 30 cents per pound.  Glad to get paid instead of paying to have it hauled away.
    Required help to remove from bsement, borrowed a car float to move them 25 miles or so.
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  • mcgivormcgivor Solar Expert Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    Seems like a global price, 309 puunds of wet batteries got me $102, in Thailand from the recycling depot, the rag and bone man who comes around every three months or so to buy scrap offered half that, guess he has to make a living, or is he putting himself out of business? 
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  • littleharbor2littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    He's got to make a living. He's providing a service by hauling them to the recycler for you.

    2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old  but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric,  460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.

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  • EstragonEstragon Registered Users Posts: 4,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'd happily pay a rag guy $50 to take them when the time comes.  Instead, I'll have to rent a barge, truck, and maybe some muscle.  Living remote has it's advantages, but logistics isn't one of them :neutral:
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