Battery lead query

[MtGun44]

Battery plates have a hard grid about 3/8" openings and 1/16" bars, pretty thin, then
filled in the holes with a pulpy lead oxide mix. Not at all like those, but I'm only familiar
with car batteries.

Bill

[RaymondMillbrae]

OK,

I'm still confused.

On the first sentence, Greg5278 states "I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE FROM A BATTERY AT ALL, THE PLATES ARE TOO THICK. I THINK THEY ARE FROM SOME SORT OF VIBRATION DAMPENING DEVICE". Then in his next sentence he states, "GIVEN THE ORANGE IRON OXIDE STAINS AROUND THE HOLES, THEY ARE DEFINITELY FROM A BATTERY".

Talk about conflicting, contradictory, and overall corn-fusing!! Then he says, "GO AHEAD AND MELT THEM AS PURE".

What?! (I give up).

As for DLCTEX...there was nothing he said that helped. I already know that battery lead is a no-no. I already know to be careful when smelting. But I still need to know if this batch of lead is from a battery or not.

Is it from a battery? Can I use it, or should I dispose of it?

Helf Mier!!

In Christ: Raymond

PS: Whoops...sorry!! I didn't go to the next page and read post numbers 21 and 22. I'm gonna do a bit more research now.

[RaymondMillbrae]

So whadda you guys think?

Here is a close-up of two of the holes. I originally thought they were for the battery posts.

It looks like there is some type of insulating material still lining a few of the holes. And another looks like it may have had wound cable running through it.

The more I know and understand, the less convinced I am that they are battery lead.

In Christ: Raymond



PS: Just changed my default settings to 40 posts per page.

[wheezengeezer]

Not from a batterey.Melt away.

[RaymondMillbrae]

Cool...I was just about to throw it away.

Glad I came here to ask a few questions before I did that.

In Christ: Raymond

[jbunny]

can u scratch it with ur fingernail? that looks what the phone company
used to use to go through the wall into the tele exchange. i just picked
up some 4 inch lead pipe that came from them in a revamp.they probably
use plastic now.
jb

[geargnasher]

I've been using battery terminals and battery cable ends for years, and as a Truck mechanic it is a very small but steady source. As has been said beware of moisture in the powdered oxides and flux thoroughly when smelting to get out the rust flakes and all the nasty oxides.

I have 30 or 40 pounds of it from a big batch I smelted last year (ALL battery posts and wire terminals) and it averaged 14 bhn after a month. Makes great boolits with a touch of tin added.

Gear

[bruce381]

Raymond bring over to my house i will try it out for you LOL
bruce millbrae

[DLCTEX]

Raymond: the point of my saying that the plates are not battery plates is that even if they were used externally on a battery they are safe to cast with AS LONG AS THEY WERE NOT PLATES. The plates are the only thing that would contain cadmium. I assumed that you would have gleaned that from the original post that started this thread. Pardon me for trying to help.

[RaymondMillbrae]

No problem, DLCTEX.



In Christ: Raymond

[Lee]

You need to send that nasty battery plate material to me as soon as possible. I am a trained Gubermint Haz-Mat battery plate disposal professional. I will protect you. Do what the nice man says. I will PM you with an address to send to pre-paid.....