[Milsurplus] TBY-8 batteries

[Roger Basford]

Strewth! What did I say to earn that tirade? Firstly, I am in the UK, as a 
glance at my signature will show. Secondly, the local refuse sites here are 
run as recycling businesses and have facilities for hazardous waste such as 
L/A batteries. If I take the innards of a TBY battery in there in a 
purloined piece of the XYLs Tupperware and say this needs the same handling 
as a small car battery that has broken open, the attitude will be - "shove 
it over there, mate, along with them old car batteries". I will not be 
arrested, hand-cuffed, my house surrounded by Jack Bauer and his "24" team 
nor will I be otherwise treated as a criminal due to my possession of 
hazardous material. Is that how the authorities behave in your neck of the 
woods?  If so, they need to watch less TV and get a life. The authorities 
here have enough on their hands dealing with Jeep-loads of real nutters with 
IEDs to worry about me and a pint of L/A sludge. (Unless I carry it into the 
local mosque, of course, then watch out!).

The operatives of my local site will certainly not demand to see what other 
hazwaste I'm in possession of so the issue, genuine or otherwise, of my 
having radio gear with dodgy paintwork will not arise. Yes, we have Health & 
Safety anal-retentives here too backed not only by UK but, much worse, by EU 
legislation! If you involve them then you will get a world of grief. So, 
better to use common sense, even if it is something that the "HSE 
professionals" and lawyers deny the existence of.

Your comments on the preservation aspect noted; that is a sensible 
observation and one I have taken on board, given your long experience of 
milsurplus issues - although you could have given your opinion in a less 
confrontational way, maybe?

73,

Roger Basford/G3VKM - Norfolk, England.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Roger Basford" <roger at new-gate.co.uk>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TBY-8 batteries
>
> I respectfully suggest you leave the old batteries alone
> and build substitutes.  Not only because the batteries are
> also parts of the historic relic TBY radio, but because
> the material in the old batteries is very toxic.
> Any attempt to remove it is going to leave you with a
> nasty pile of toxic waste for which, should you attempt to
> dispose of it in an easy manner, you could be criminally charged.
> If you try to dispose of it legally, the authorities are going to
> want to know from where it came, and if they ever find out about
> the radium paint on the TBY, God himself help you, because
> you'll need His intervention to deal with the hurricane of
> stupidity that will follow.
> Regards,
> D.S.
>
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