Originally Posted by
jghilino
i processed some circuit breakers today and i was able to break the contact tips off some of them with needle nose pliers. Other ones i just trimmed. Guess whem im up to a few pounds i will break them down further with a heat gun. Whats the value per pound of clean contacts?
That's not real easy to answer. the way you are described is in house breakers. those are most likely AgWO(silver tungsten oxide). Those run about 40% Ag if you were to sell them you should expect 60% of ASW(actual silver weight) 453g * 40%= 181g (ASW) *60%= 108.7g / 31.1 * spot (29.96)= $104.73 is what you can expect. If you cut off the buss bar and don't remove it expect to be paid less for the work you are making for the refiner.
remember waffle backs are worth around 40% ASW and others run as a mix 80% or better ASW
AgWO contacts cost more to run cause they are harder to work with they take two to three times as long to dissolve and half as much silver.
Not all refiners have the same payout and this is what is common on buying out right not with toll refining.
Eric
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