Originally Posted by
kss
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Transformers you have 2 options, scrap whole ($0.08/lb) by me, or get a cutoff wheel so you can cut them in half and get the copper out and then sell the copper ($2/lb by me) and the steel carcass of the transformer ($0.04/lb by me as light iron.
Since you probably won't be making this a frequent thing I would just take the transformers, as many as you can at a time, and drive em straight to the scrap yard. Ask what they pay for them. Yards by me put them in the same category as electric motors... I've heard of some yards having their own transformer category/price... And some crappy yards will just pay shred/light iron price for them.
The lights, take apart, take out the aluminum, any cords/wires, and anything else that is easy to get off/out that is different than just normal steel. I would then throw the rest (glass and all) into my shred pile and my yard would take the carcass, glass included, and pay light iron price on the whole thing. Key is making sure the glass does not break and is still attached/inside.
Ah I misread. The transformers are part of the light, not seperate. Either way, I would likely seperate into the following piles...
Wires/cords
Brass bits if there is any and they aren't hard to seperate
Copper bits if there is any and they aren't hard to seperate
Transformers
Aluminum reflector's
Everything else that's left over
Also, before I take anything apart I always check
eBay/craigslist/etc to see if they have any resell value. If anything has any resale value you'll make more and work less selling them as is. Might not have a market for them though, just throwing it out there to check before assuming they are only scrap value
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