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   stib (stib@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 19:28:17 JST stib

   Fun* fact in this video: the 'disposable' vapes thrown away in Britain alone contain enough lithium batteries to make 1.2 Million e-bikes.
   I've been independently powering things with vape batteries that I've rescued before seeing this video. Pull out the cell, add a cheap usb charging module and you have a fully rechargeable 3.7v power source. If you need higher voltage you can put them in series and you can even get multi-cell balancing modules for next to nothing if you want to have a few in parallel for more current.
   I don't trust them for anything critical, but they're great for low-budget projects as the cells are completely free. My bike lights are all powered by them (one can run a flashing bike light for a couple of weeks' use), as well as various other things that had their batteries die, or that didn't come with rechargeable batteries.
   I also only charge them somewhere flameproof, though I haven't had any issues so far.
   #making #electronics #reuse
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehp23hrrEHY

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     stib (stib@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 01:10:56 JST stib

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     • Joe

     @l05tchild Yep, nothing makes me feel like we're doomed as a species than a bubblegum flavoured vape containing a fully functional lithium battery getting washed down the drain into the ocean when it rains.

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     Joe (l05tchild@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 01:10:59 JST Joe

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     @stib
     Disposable vapes should be prohibited. Everything that is not reusable should be and people who sell crap like that should be punished. I don't get how today, when we should be aware of the climate crisis, people are allowed to sell that crap. Sorry for the rant. These vapes are laying around on the floor a lot where live. Drives me crazy.

     Mrs Cloudy repeated this.