hobo finds wrote:Call around and get the best price! 2000 pounds should get you a much better price. No need to burn and too much to strip, find out the best price as is and make some quick cash!
CrazyTom wrote:Try dividing it up based on the thickness ratio of insulation to wire.
The yard I go to rates the wire based on how much insulation is there versus the copper.
messymessy wrote:CrazyTom wrote:Try dividing it up based on the thickness ratio of insulation to wire.
The yard I go to rates the wire based on how much insulation is there versus the copper.
Tom is right on it.
Some scrapyards pay a flat price for insulated copper, but you'll get the best prices if you find one that pays based on recovery percentage. For instance, #12 and #14 copper THHN is called 90% (as in 90% copper recovery) and #12 Romex is called 65%. Of course, you get a better price for the 90%.
So just like Tom suggested, sort your wire based on size of the wire and type of insulation.
silversaddle1 wrote:Here's how we do it.
Anything that is above 12 ga. gets run thru the stripper.
Anything under gets thrown into the inslulated copper box. This box will contain powers cords, cat 5 cable, data cable, telephone cable, ect( no ribbon wire). All mixed, all ends and connectors still attached. We average about 1800# per gaylord box, price has been steady at around $1.25 per pound for the last year or so.
everything wrote:What is the best way to tell aluminum from copper wire. I'm taking apart some old 6 volt emergency lighting and the wiring is grey, looks like aluminum, it's the finely braided stuff. Once you scrape the wire a little you can see the copper though. Weird ..
Just trying to learn how to differentiate. One time my brother came home with some really old telegraph wire, really thick stuff, the sheathing was rotted and came off real easily. Magnet would not stick to it, looked like copper, turned out to be something copper coated, didn't get anything for it. Seems like cheap alloy metals are barely worth recycling.
I examined a standing room lamp the other day, it was a cheapy, all made of plastic, nobody wanted it, why would you even buy something like that in the first place, wire .. aluminum, worth it to recycle - barely?, not sure if it adds up, I tried recycling aluminum before, and it just does not seem to pay.
hobo finds wrote:everything wrote:What is the best way to tell aluminum from copper wire. I'm taking apart some old 6 volt emergency lighting and the wiring is grey, looks like aluminum, it's the finely braided stuff. Once you scrape the wire a little you can see the copper though. Weird ..
Just trying to learn how to differentiate. One time my brother came home with some really old telegraph wire, really thick stuff, the sheathing was rotted and came off real easily. Magnet would not stick to it, looked like copper, turned out to be something copper coated, didn't get anything for it. Seems like cheap alloy metals are barely worth recycling.
I examined a standing room lamp the other day, it was a cheapy, all made of plastic, nobody wanted it, why would you even buy something like that in the first place, wire .. aluminum, worth it to recycle - barely?, not sure if it adds up, I tried recycling aluminum before, and it just does not seem to pay.
By me #2 insulated wire can be copper or alum and you get the same price which was $1.10 a pound the other day
everything wrote:What is the best way to tell aluminum from copper wire. I'm taking apart some old 6 volt emergency lighting and the wiring is grey, looks like aluminum, it's the finely braided stuff. Once you scrape the wire a little you can see the copper though. Weird ..
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