Just out of curiosity, I took a quick look on the Ebay UK site. Hundreds of listings for NiCd batteries, most being sold as NEW, and most often as either packs or individual tabbed cells.Robert wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 7:45 pmHow many have you taken apart in Europe? Nicad cells and batteries have be restricted in the EU since September 2006.mnementh wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:59 pm I never ONCE said they were a good idea... only that they are everywhere, and that NiCd is NOT dead; it's just lying low in craptastic products like these. If you guys in the UK really have gotten rid of them, it's only relatively recently, and "GOOD FOR YOU!". And I'll bet more than a few containerloads still sqweek by around the holidaze.
mnem
smeesh.
Yes, there are exceptions but not for toys. I've only ever taken one of these apart and it had a AAA size Ni-Mh cell in it.
Just because the north americans put profit before toxic waste does not mean the rest of the world do. The americans are causing issues in aerospace becase the exemptions for Cadmium and some Chromium compounds used on aircraft in Europe are expiring but the OEMS like Lockheed and Boeing are not interested in approving alternatives. I can sort of see why because there can be unforseen results. Pratt & Whitney had turbofan engine shaft failures due to using an anti-sieze compund that had had the lead (a minor consituent) removed from it. The shafts where cracking due to stress corrosion before they even got into service. One in a Boeing failed on the aircrafts first test flight. Nevertheless we need to get rid of these heavy metals.
Robert.
So hardly "outlawed".
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The only thing that appears hard to find is NiCd replacements for regular disposable Alkaline battery applications with the button on the (+) terminal, but even a few listings for those did appear.
Yes, most of the listings for cheap solar batteries are for NiMH, often saying "To replace old NiCd batteries"... I only saw a couple in my quick scroll through that were for actual solar lighting NiCd batteries as seen in mine.
But what makes you think that your little island is the definition for what the whole world is or should be?
Nothing you've said or shown negates what I said right here... nor does it amount to a fat steaming pile of dingoes' kidneys to what the rest of the world is doing.
Whether you like it or not, NiCd is still very much alive. Even in your little corner of the globe, and even for hobbyist use.
Can we please stop inventing a fucking argument over nothing, and then spending days arguing over it...?
PLEASE?
mnem
Merry Plucking Christmas.