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by OtusLotus » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:02 am
So I found two speakers the other day and brought them home.
Is there anything of value in them? Are the magnets worth anything?
Do I need to/can I take the magnets off and scrap the metal around it? Is it worth it?
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by hobo finds » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:08 am
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by OtusLotus » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:16 am
I read that post before....
Theses speakers are completely worthless.... they are 100% damaged, and no one would want to buy them..
Just wondering if there was any scrap value in the magnets, metal, etc?
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by hobo finds » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:08 am
I would just toss them in with the steel as is
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by Hades12 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:12 pm
People making parking lot cleaners like the magnets to pickup stuff, I take a 55gal Barrel every few weeks to the scrap yard. They take them no problem. Some of the baskets are cast AL, I will sometimes break them off, but it is not really worth the time to me.
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by everything » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:51 pm
Magnet prices have gone up, being kind of a rare earth thing, but they are not worth much, barely worth it. I've tried tearing apart old speakers and have bad luck trying to get to the magnet.
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