I'm getting 2 Lbs, near 1 Kg of copper, per fridge compressor. Ours are 240V AC.
With most of them, theres nothing wrong with the actual compressor, only a few have had any actual broken bits in them.
Some have a little rust & theres been a broken conrod or 2, a few with a loose bolt, a couple of them have been sabotaged by the looks of it.
Thats out of over 100 compressors.
Its nice, like yesterday, when I find a real old one & the freezer lining is made from copper too, thats another 5Lb.
Best one I ever found was a huge brass & copper with all silver soldering, had to lever it out with a steel pole.
I'm convinced that with most of the non working ones its because of the thermostat.
Or the persons just trading up, doing up the kitchen, insides too dirty or worn to bother fix/clean.
Only a few don't have actual pressure.
My cat pissed on the dehumidifier, it got onto the tiny thin copper tube & ate thru it = Dead dehumidifier.
So I plugged in one I was about to scrap, & it worked....
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