Best way to tear apart ups transformers for copper.

**pcscrapper** · 01-13-2014, 01:19 PM

Not all Transformer have welds on them... so.. the hatchet is not always the key.... I would think band saw.. would be the best... grinder wheel... takes too long to cut a 7 inch transormer.

**mrsamsonite** · 01-13-2014, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by pcscrapper

Not all Transformer have welds on them... so.. the hatchet is not always the key.... I would think band saw.. would be the best... grinder wheel... takes too long to cut a 7 inch transormer.

Ive been just doing the ones with the weld and breaking it with a hammer. The other ones without the weld I just recycle as is with out breaking down.

**spinroch** · 01-13-2014, 04:25 PM

For motors (and transformers that I can't break apart), I cut the windings (Not the steel core) using an angle grinder with a concrete cutting blade. It works great and doesn't wear out so quickly.