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Wasn't too concerned when I got a little bit at a time, I just threw it away. Now I seem to be accumulating spools of it. Does it have any scrap value? Has anyone ever sold it on Craigslist?
Sorry if this has been answered before but I can't find it.
IIRC not all coax is created equal. Stuff they use for Dish Network set ups is better then regular cable so it might have some resale value...otherwise I think shred price might be best you get.
I get away mixing some in with my 55% as long as its not magnetic :D
Are you saying this can be mixed in with our shred materials? Is there enough metal recovery for that?
Mine goes as shred
Some yards buy it at a separate price. I just mix it with my shred. I got some and stripped it thinking the middle was copper, and put it in my copper wire pile. The guy at the scale was not happy.
If any water is encase with metal, like a lot of cable wire is now a days, it is only good for shred. If you cut a piece, and a magnet stick to it, scrap yard want it cut up into x amount of feet, so it doesn't get caught up in and mess up their machines.
mine goes as shred, if I have time I snip the connector ends off and get dirty brass price for those...
shred here as well. Good idea on the dirty brass...
For me it all depends on the type of coax. If the center conductor is solid Cu then I run it throught my wire striper. Some types of coax have Cu shield as well, tinned and untinned. Test with a strong magnet to determine if the center conductor is cooper plated steel of solid copper. I use a magnet from a hard drive to test the coax.
I have found that DirectTV has a solid Cu center conductor and Al shield. Much of the communication coax, ham radio, cb, commerical radio has Cu shield along with a solid Cu center conductor. Most all other coax I have checked, Dish, Time Warner is steel with Al foil for the shiel and this I mix in with the shred.
I like stripping coax because I can cut all the way through with one pass. And since its flexible I can do long sections at a time, up to about 60 feet at a time so far.
Mike
Last bunch of coax I had I brought in with a load of non ferrous just to see...they gave it...lwt me thing..."figure 8 wire" I believe. I will check and get back to you.
I find coax all the time, but I rarely pick it up. None of the three local scrap yards will buy it at all, unless you strip it down to its basic parts. IE: copper\mixed core wire and Metal\Tin Jacket. Also, I don't own a wire stripper yet that can handle the steel jacket yet.
My yard took it with low grade wire/christmas light grade. I think it was .23/lb
My yard pays .02/lb for it but, I always throw it in with the shred for the better price. I usually throw it in an appliance to use up some empty space.
If they are it is sneaking by the inspectorsQuote:
Originally Posted by drozenski
I toss mine in the shed pile but I don't get spools at a time if I did I'd try and sell it.
My yard pays .05/lb for coax. (tampa bay)
I was reading a post about coxaile cable stripping, I come across a good bit of it in what we do.. oh by the way I live in Hampstead, NC. I am curious where you sell yours and how? what I mean do they buy it as is or does it have to be stripped? What is shred that I have read so much about. Thank you in advance!Quote:
Originally Posted by miked
Thomas
your yard might call "shred" either tin or light iron. basically junk metal
a friend recently gave me a reel of approx 50mtrs of this:
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im hoping to sell it
apparently the cctv , alarm & cable TV guys use this stuff
couldn't this just be sold as insulated wire?
Only if you want to be banned by your scrap yard. There is usually no copper, and even if there isQuote:
Originally Posted by bigdog72
it is not enough for them to be interested in. If you try to mix it in you will find yourself having a
problem real fast.
No because it is usually copper coated steel in the middle.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdog72
Darn near every yard I've ever been too has a sign specifically dedicated to "NO COAX" I think it is because they get so much steel fiber and insulation.. and such a low amount of copper yield out of it.. they don't deal with it. May also be because it is easy for theives to steal possibly??Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdog72
Hmmm, I never magnet tested the center of the wire, I had no idea it wasn't pure copper.. Now I know. Thanks for the education on that KZ!Quote:
Originally Posted by KzScrapper
Some copper some copper covered steel... Coaxial Cable - An Overview
Nice Overview hobo finds! Thanks for Posting!
My yard lets me mix it in with the 35% as long as it's not magnetic. If it is they let it go as shread.
The magnetic coax is also called "copper clad".Quote:
Originally Posted by sledge42
thanks for the warning, I haven't with this stuff before so I wasn't sure
Learned a lot in this thread!
The braided wire thats around the inner plastic layer,(that contains the copper coated steel wire) is normally tinned Copper, filled with a **** sticky jelly of some sort.
Buy(sic) the time I got to the copper, I'd made a real mess of the area I was working in & got a small fist sized ball of sticky tinned Copper braid that dissapeared into the amount of Copper wire I had at the time.
So the other two leftover reels are still sitting there untill I need the actual wooden reel for something.....
I only get .12lb for it mixed but it adds up fast and easy to set aside for a pack of smokes lol
Manual Wire Stripper Stripping Machine Copper Scrap | eBay Waiting for it to get here this week.
after Hurricane Sandy we had piles of this stuff laying around. Some of it very tough to tell if steel inside, touching a magnet to it isn't always definitive. Learned a trick from a guy at a yard. Grab near the end of the coax, and move the magnet toward it. If the coax moves, it's NG.
Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by volvoscrapper
Now if it's CB radio or Ham coax you will be dealing with copper over copper, some of the 213 can be $1.00 foot new.
I'd be willing to buy some from you. However, I'd only pay 10-cents/pound, and you'd have to arrange shipping! :winner:
Seriously, I don't think there's any way to make much off of this stuff.
The cores (of most of them I've seen, at least) are copper-plated steel, but the surrounding wire may be worth a bit more (ie, copper).
Thanks for your time.
I liked this overview. This is wonderful. Keep posting to keep us updated. Thanks.
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