Over 300 Metal Halide Industrial Lights, Aluminum Reflectors, Huge Transformers, HELP

Originally Posted by Dbone

Sorry, one last pic showing how much copper I can get out of these transformers. This is 15 lbs from only 4 of them. 3.75 lbs average per transformer, that's $7.50 @ $2.00 a lb. It takes me currently 10-15 minutes to crack it open and get the coils out. Some are too difficult to clean all of the paper off, I'm sure that will affect the price a bit. Or am I being too optimistic? With 300 to go through, in copper alone, that's over $2,000.



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Don't clean the paper off. Maybe as much of the outermost layer as comes off quick but that's it. Any place that doesn't buy it as #2 copper will certainly be selling it as #2 copper since the contamination from the widning coating and paper is *well* under 1% and is not a contamination that prevents the copper from being furnace ready. Any yard that downgrades it below #2 is scamming you

Originally Posted by JJinLV

Don't clean the paper off.

Thank you. You likely saved me a lot of unnecessary work with the paper. I need to buy some good quality cut-off blades to get through the welds, then I can just bust throught them with a 5 lb hammer and a railroad nail that I have. Works like a charm.