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Old 23rd Nov 2020, 12:48 am   #108
emeritus
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK.
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Default Re: Skip Useful Finds

Most of my electrical skip acquisitions have been from the skips at the various Plessey and Marconi sites I used to work at. The exception is a twin 5' fluorescent fitting that has now been providing the main illumination in my loft for more than three decades.

Useful hint about the scrap value of lead batteries: our electric bikes use three 12V 12Ah SLA batteries each. I have been simply taking the old ones to the local authority dump, and do have some old ones to dispose of at the moment, so may try the local scrap merchant instead: he's closer than the dump anyway.
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