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    Electricians.
    Their dumpsters often have broken flouresent bulbs in them though. I find>
    Lots of old emergency lighting Exit signs, short bits of plastic coated wire, earth leads, conduit with wire inside, bussbars, nicad batterys & broken tools, Metal halide transformers (score!) metal boxes & the odd Zipp water heater(3kg copper) Aluminium extrusion, broken car parts from their homes, steel brackets. The odd computer.
    Security alarm systems, often they have Nicad batterys & 1/2 the time Gold plated circuit boards, the telecom wire for them. Leftover smoko lunches & Lawn clippings

    Safety company
    > Lots of safety specs, new & used. Face guards. Gloves. Theres seem to be stuff people have brought in to replace & the new stuff seems to be what the mobile reps have as display items, so you get one glove of each sort...
    Part filled boxs of the rubber gloves.
    Boots, most are slashed across the instep & useless. Items that never sold & now they have a new 'line' of items to sell. Height safety gear, carabiners lawnclippings.



    Garage door companys.
    > You would think they'd sell the roller doors as scrap wouldn't you, nah.. Sliding rails, springs, packets of extra bolts brackets etc they never needed to fit the new door.
    The garage door openers, nice motor & cast Ali & iron. Remote control unit for it. Extra & old wiring. Lawnclippings.
    Last edited by eesakiwi; 03-14-2013 at 11:24 PM.

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