Hi Claudia, Jim was right when he talked about the rechargeable ones being flat on the bottom. I don't buy non-rechargeables anymore, but all of the rechargeables that I have are flat on the bottom.
As for disposing of them, our CVS drugstore and also Office Max will take used batteries for disposal. Betsy At 12:23 PM 2/6/2010, you wrote: > > >You know, I'm wondering the same thing. >I usually have my rechargeable batteries >separete from my nonrechargeable ones, but >something happened along the way, and things got mixed up. >I asked my son, and yes, he can read already, at >6, told me they all looked the same, and they >said the same thing, but now, i'm not so sure. >Of course, it is not his fault, and he's only a >kid. I'm not placing that kind of responsibility >on him & do feel bad that I even had to ask him, >but he needed a game charged, so I was trying to get him all squared away. > >I thought about saving the batteries to have >them checked out, but they had a good amount of >acid on them, so I didn't want to continue handling them. > >What is the proper disposal method for something like this? > >Claudia > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Lenny McHugh >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:39 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Battery Charger! > >Well the quickest way to test the outlet is to plug in something like your >hair dryer, radio etc. >If the batteries exploded I wonder if you had the wrong type of batteries in >the charger? I am not sure if I would even want to try and clean it up. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Claudia" ><<mailto:cdelreal1973%40sbcglobal.net>[email protected]> >To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:12 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Battery Charger! > >Hi, > >We just had a nasty experience. We have a battery charger, and I was >charging a set of 4 AA batteries. I left to the store, and My fiance said >that he heard two pops, like when you pop bubble wrap. When I came home to >unplug the charging unit, there was battery acid dripping down from it. >I don't think the charger will work anymore; I'm assuming that I should toss >it out? > >I need to know if the outlet where the charger was plugged in may have been >affected? How do I know if that outlet still works? > >Thanks. > >Claudia > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >------------------------------------ > >Send any questions regarding list management to: ><mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >To listen to the show archives go to link ><http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >Or ><ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. ><http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >List Members At The Following address: ><http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >Visit the archives page at the following address ><http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following >address for more information: ><http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list >just send a blank message to: ><mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>[email protected]! > >Groups Links > >__________ NOD32 4842 (20100206) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
