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    Lightbulb Nickel-chromium anyone?

    I have been looking around the site and it seems no one has mentioned
    Ni/Cr it is a very heat resistant alloy and thus used in heating elements.
    From what I have read it is 90%/10- Ni/Cr.

    I have been saving elements for a while now but yet to sell it. The yard that takes it is a road trip for me so I will hoard it for a while.



    Elements that are strung on ceramic insulators are straight Ni/Cr.
    Stove and oven type elements are insulated and should be cleaned to reveal the money maker inside!

    This should help those of you getting appliances make a little extra cash

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    When you say that stove and oven element should be cleaned,how do you clean them ? I took some this summer to my scrap and they told
    me they were'nt worth more that light metal .06lbs.

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    What rate are you selling nichrome for? Many yards don't take it for much more than stainless steel.

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    I will call and get a current market price on Ni/Cr Monday and let you know.
    The elements I save come out of central ac/heat units and are bare wire not insulated. As far as insulated elements, such as stove or dryer, I can see were they don't offer much cash as they are mostly made up of a heavy coating but cleaned should be worth much more. It does have a higher percentage of Nickel then other alloys I see.

    The actual wire( Ni/Cr) is pliable yet the outer insulating coating is brittle! A bit of hammer action should yield clean heavy Ni/Cr wire.

    I only mention this because nickel is at $11.00 plus a pound these days. Come Monday I will have more info on it's value. and get back to you!

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    i have about 300lbs of weld mold 880s, wich i know are Chromium-nickel. can anyone tell me what the value of these are, and the best place and way to sell them as i have been holding onto them for years and dont want to get taken. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you

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    I never did follow through and find out about the Ni/Cr, but I sure do have a lot now!

    Nstunney that is a good question. I do remember seeing a link to a buyer of Nickel alloy posted here a while back. Where is Mechanic, he seems to find these old posts in no time. From here on in I will call him Search Master 688 !
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    yes i would love to find out the value if any of these old weld molds, my brother (rip paul) left a basement full of these i have had no idea what to do with them for so long, until the other day a family freind told me i should take them to a scrap yard as apparently nickel has a good value for scrap. But i am trying to find out about the Chromium Nickel. if you stumble upon any of those links or any other information please do let me know!

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    InjunJoe,

    Can you post some pics of examples of the elements you are talking about?

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    I have several totes of elements. Wish I knew what to do with them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Midnight View Post
    InjunJoe,

    Can you post some pics of examples of the elements you are talking about?

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    Yes I will asap. The ones I speak of are the heat wire that is strung on ceramic insulators that is suspended in front of a blower.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lilo View Post
    When you say that stove and oven element should be cleaned,how do you clean them ? I took some this summer to my scrap and they told
    me they were'nt worth more that light metal .06lbs.

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    That's exactly it.

    Some of you guys are all about getting every, single, tiny little piece of metal sorted out, but you have to compare your time vs. $ you will get.

    From reading most of the forum, it sounds like you want the scrap yard to break it down to the penny, and it just doesn't work like that. I guess if you go to an e-processor, they might get into more depth, but at the yard, its steel, copper, alum, and stainless, and a couple more.
    Everyone one of you is 2 minutes too late.

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    My yard takes those coils as stainless. Are they something different? ANd fr some of us part timers every penny does ad up. I for one put these elements in a bucket till I get it full then take it in. If you get an extra 2 cents a pound. thats 50 cents I didnt have before if I would have left it in the shred pile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WeWillPrevail View Post
    and a couple more.
    This would fall into such a group as the "couple more" I have a little over a hundred pounds of this. It's high in Ni as compared to stainless. Not just any yard takes this but the one that does will pay pretty well.

    I know what you are saying about everyone wanting every penny for there scrap. You can't make chicken soup out of chicken feathers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by injunjoe View Post
    I know what you are saying about everyone wanting every penny for there scrap. You can't make chicken soup out of chicken feathers.
    Lawdy lawdy!!

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    Here is a website I found that buys nickle alloys. http://www.nialloys.com/nickel_alloy...kel_alloy.aspx Be good just for pricing I would think. It says $.75 / lb I would think you should be able to get more then copper price seeing nickle is worth alot more then copper.
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    That link doesnt seem to be working for me. But it does if you just type www.nialloys.com

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    Super alloys that have nickel of various content, the higher the nickel content the higher the scrap value, some nickel scrap is worth like $10.00 a pound.
    Nickel is used in a lot of goods we use in everyday life. if you would like to know more here is a good place to start your research.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nickel_alloys
    I have about 1000 lbs of Monel that i removed from a heat exchanger, I've mailed out a couple of samples and will do a follow up via telephone tomorrow to find out how much nickel is in the alloy and what price per pound I'm offered.
    These high grade nickel alloys are everywhere in large and small amounts.
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    Thanks Guys

    Thanks for finding the links.
    Well I found this, "80% Ni-20% CR $6.11/ $5.86" .
    That is a far cry from stainless steel prices!
    It won't be much longer and I will have the 300 pound minimum.

    I am sure I will be able to find a local buyer.


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