Comments on: AMZ Goes Solar (Part 2)

By: not_admin

not_admin — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:50:57 +0000

the “law to recycle” for NY is a corporate bylaw or stance from that company not wanting employees to “get the idea” of taking things home. Of course reuse is the step before recycling. Most non-robot-run companies will let you take electro junk home if you are the IT guy. why else would the job be any fun?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:20:52 +0000

Yeah, it seems to me that using the battery in a pedalboard power supply would constitute recycling.

If the law required recycling, it would be printed on the side of the battery, and it is not.

By: Elektrojänis

Elektrojänis — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:15:04 +0000

Hmmm… I would consider it recycling (or even better, re-using) if you used the old battery for powering your pedalboard or some electronic project. If it works it’s actually better than if its taken to be dismantled.

By: Ben Niderberg

Ben Niderberg — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:08:51 +0000

I asked the IT guy at my firm, and he said that those batteries have to be recycled by law (at least n New York) so I am out of luck. :[

By: admin

admin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:50:29 +0000

What a coincidence… I show up at work this morning (Monday) and as soon as I get in the door, someone tells me the computer system is down. The IT person is not here, so being the resident electronics guy, I have to check it out… the router’s battery backup supply is dead. Completely fired.

IT came in and said they are going to toss it, so I took the power supply to my office to disassemble.

There are TWO 12v batteries in it! Score!

There are also some nice aluminum heat sinks and a couple of ferrites that I can use.

When I get it home, I’ll take a couple of pictures of it and post them.