crosser Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 just wondering if my old batteries are worth anything as scrap or should i just leave with the boat yard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, crosser said: just wondering if my old batteries are worth anything as scrap or should i just leave with the boat yard? I found a current price for lead acid batteries of 51p per kilo, so yes, they are worth weighing in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Don't know about this year but last year I was getting £10 each for 100Ah batteries and £25 for 230Ah batteries. Knocks the price of a new 110Ah battery at £69 down to £59 so, make it last 2 years, and its only ~50p per week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, crosser said: just wondering if my old batteries are worth anything as scrap or should i just leave with the boat yard? Yes, they have scrap value normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Just now, Tracy D'arth said: I found a current price for lead acid batteries of 51p per kilo, so yes, they are worth weighing in. That sounds about right - my 230Ah batteries weigh in at 53Kgs so the £25 is about the same as last year, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosser Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 cheers all. thats great will go towards one of the new ones... i think i have 3 old batteries in the shed aswell.... bonus !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebotco Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Well worth getting a hernia for!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosser Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 lol... well her indoors might get a hernia... ah from cheltenham !! grew up there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 When I weighed ours in earlier in the year batteries were £400 a tonne. So got £40 for our set of 4 110amp ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 We sold ours on Ebay. Got £11 for a dead car battery and they came and picked it up. Got £63 for a pair of well used (but not dead) leisure batteries which are now on a yacht on the east coast somewhere. They came and picked those up as well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Took one off a boat yesterday after it had cooked and blown the top off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosser Posted June 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 didnt realise mine are 4 x 240a batteries, there bloody huge... such a shame there dead as must of cost a fortune... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 minute ago, crosser said: didnt realise mine are 4 x 240a batteries, there bloody huge... such a shame there dead as must of cost a fortune... £169 I pay for mine (I have 6x 230Ah) Get £25 each when 'weighed in' so the price per annum (they last ~5 years) is pretty economical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosser Posted June 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 thats a great price... can i ask where from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, crosser said: thats a great price... can i ask where from? These are actually 210Ah but the same ones are advertised elsehwere as 230Ah. Price is including delivery : Exide EG2153 PROFESSIONAL 210ah 1200CCA 12v Type 625 Commercial Battery 3 Year W | eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosser Posted June 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 thanks for that, good make aswell... does it matter that there not leisure batterys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, crosser said: thanks for that, good make aswell... does it matter that there not leisure batterys? Never found it a problem - most 'leisure' batteries seem to be re-badged starter batteries. The advantage is that the caps are removable so you can check and refill which makes them last a lot longer. Just a thought - check terminal orientation is correct. The 624 batteries are the reverse of the 625 batteries - it may be important if your wiring is geared up a certain way. Edited June 10, 2021 by Alan de Enfield 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Other than eBay, is there anywhere else that is particularly keen to take dead batteries for cash, and does that also apply to sealed ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 minute ago, enigmatic said: Other than eBay, is there anywhere else that is particularly keen to take dead batteries for cash, and does that also apply to sealed ones? Local scrap yards, or travelling scrap dealers (look on facebook) SWMO contacted one off face book and they came and collected about half-a-dozen and a load of other old metal, and an old washing machine that we 'threw onto their trailer whilst it was here' Much easier than having to make a timed appointment at the tip and the time and fuel to take it there. The thing is with sealed ones is that you cannot 'fill them up' to add a bit of extra weight - but as far as the 'scrappies' are concerned, there is no difference between sealed and non-sealed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, enigmatic said: Other than eBay, is there anywhere else that is particularly keen to take dead batteries for cash, and does that also apply to sealed ones? I got rid of a number of batteries at a local scrappie, along with a pile of old lead piping that had been cluttering the cellar for years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosser Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 before i scrap these batteries is it worth trying to save them? just watched some utube on restoring batteries with epsom salts etc... or is it not worth the bother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, crosser said: before i scrap these batteries is it worth trying to save them? just watched some utube on restoring batteries with epsom salts etc... or is it not worth the bother? Waste of time. If it worked, it would be done everywhere all the time. Don't believe anything on You tube, they are not millionaires so it is obvious it doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Tracy D'arth said: Don't believe anything on You tube, they are not millionaires so it is obvious it doesn't work. Some of them are but not from restoring batteries, just from making videos that people watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 A few years ago I weighed in three of those big, big batteries. The scrap man said "that's £90" "£90??" I asked "Yes that's all you're getting" says he "Blinkin eck! (or words to that effect)", says I. "That's brilliant, get yourself and the lads in the office a drink on me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PD1964 Posted June 12, 2021 Report Share Posted June 12, 2021 Just weighed in 236kg of batteries yesterday and got £108, about 46p per Kg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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