Originally Posted by
Dbone
Thanks for the reply. I tried registering on imgur and every time they sent a verification code to my phone, it claimed the number was wrong. Anyhow im putting some spaces in this link, just close them up and you can see what it is I have. I have the tools to cut open transformers and I enjoy taking things apart. I believe the transformers are inside cast aluminum housing and others are in a housing of an unknown metal. It is not magnetic. I guess it could be aluminum, but not sure.
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I never signed up for imgur usually you can just upload without signing up or anything... Anywho, hard to tell from the picture, but if the casings are non-magnetic, my guess would be that it is cast aluminum, which would make sense if they are outdoor lights (doesn't rust).
Those big thick plugs/wires I think sell for a pretty good penny (more than scrap value)... But even if you don't resell the plugs if they all have those big thick ones that'll be a pretty good payday of insulated wire.
If you take just 1 apart as much as you can, seperate everything out into like materials, and take some pics we could probably help a good bit more.
It'll be a good payday, I'd take all those in a second!
If I you take apart 1 you can also extrapolate out the effort/payout. So for example, take 1 and time yourself taking it completely apart. Say it takes 15 mins and you end up with (from just 1 light)
2lb insulated wire
15lb cast aluminum
10lb transformer
10lbs everything else
By me that would be
$0.80
$3.15
$0.80
$0.40
Or $5.15 for 15 mins of work, or $20.60/hr. Probably worth it to take apart. This is just an example, but this is what I would do before taking apart all 300 of them and realizing you've wasted your time.
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