Safe LiPo Disposal

Hello,

I actually consider myself lucky. I've been racing with LiPo packs for two seasons and I'm about to start my third. In all that time I've not had any LiPo related problems or issues.

This weekend I broke all my electronics out of storage for their annual pre-prep for the coming race season and one of my LiPo Packs, a 3200Mah 2C pack seems to have not made it...I'm getting 4.8v on it, with one cell reading 4.2v and the other reading 0.6v - yikes.

I did contact the MFG and they no longer make this type of pack so they are washing their hands of it - which is OK, I've had it more than a year however I'm now faced with wanting to dispose of the pack safely. I'm wondering if anyone out there has actually done this - I HAVE READ plenty of posts and instructions online but I'm wondering if any of you have actually done it.

At the moment, I'm inclined to think I should carefully cut off the shrink wrap, and put the pack in a nice bath (maybe 6" deep) of salt water. Is that right? How much water? How much salt?

With all the horror stories I've heard I just want to be sure I'm doing this correctly.

Thanks,

DM