I found out about this on my first trip to the scrap yard. I had a load of scrap I was taking in, and I called ahead for prices. I asked the guy how much for the compressor out of an AC unit. He asked if I had broken it down yet and I said no. He said because of the new laws that had been passed he could only take it whole. Long story short, I got hosed which is exactly why I joined this forum. I talked to an HVAC friend of mine and he said he would have gone in with me if I had just asked him. The whole unit weighed 181 pounds, and I got shred price for it.
Edited to add: If my HVAC friend had gone in with me, I could have taken it in broken down.
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