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by messymessy » Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:33 pm
Is it worth separating a dishwasher into pieces or should I just sell the whole thing as shred?
Any guesses what I might get for a dismantled dishwaher?
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by beauanderos » Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:25 pm
messymessy wrote:Is it worth separating a dishwasher into pieces or should I just sell the whole thing as shred?
Any guesses what I might get for a dismantled dishwaher?
Twenty years to Life... unless it was justifiable homicide.
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by AdamsSamoa » Wed Apr 05, 2017 5:28 pm
not much there... I scraped one a while back and took a sledge hammer to knock off the motor in the bottom... did not break it apart... sold it as "electric motor".
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by AdamsSamoa » Wed Apr 05, 2017 5:30 pm
Oh, and there was an Al plate in there that came loose after I knocked the electric motor off.
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by messymessy » Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:21 am
beauanderos wrote:messymessy wrote:Is it worth separating a dishwasher into pieces or should I just sell the whole thing as shred?
Any guesses what I might get for a dismantled dishwaher?
Twenty years to Life... unless it was justifiable homicide.
Too funny. Thanks.
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by messymessy » Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:23 am
AdamsSamoa wrote:not much there... I scraped one a while back and took a sledge hammer to knock off the motor in the bottom... did not break it apart... sold it as "electric motor".
Sounds easy enough. Thanks.
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by Dr. Cadmium » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:33 pm
Don't forget the wires and any brass fittings. Yards near me will buy them as light iron or shred, regardless of what components are attached.
A lot of modern appliance motors have aluminum windings, and are worth less per pound. $0.11/lb vs. $0.17/lb near me.
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by cwgii » Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:35 pm
si took one apart this week. casing is clean sheet, frame came apart easy too. wire harness, and motor. took me a half hour. worth maybe 4.00
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