Originally Posted by
recyclersteve
Even though this is an old thread, I want to add something that is easy to scrap- Romex wire. Many times I will only remove the soft outer layer and take the paper off the one bare bright copper strand inside. If it is easy enough (and often it is NOT easy), then I will attempt to remove the plastic insulation on the other inside wires. But that one strand of bare bright is very easy to remove. I would just try to keep it out of the rain, as the paper insulation in some cases could get stuck to the bare bright and become more difficult to remove.
Whoo boy .... scrapping wire is quite a bit of work for what copper you get out of it. The wire stripping machine makes the task much easier but it still eats up a lot of time. It's a never ending job.
It seems like no sooner do i get caught up on the pile ... that hundreds more feet will come in. I'm grateful for everything that comes in but i really don't think i would recommend stripping wire for money to someone else.
It's too much like work for most people's tastes. The sensible thing would be to sell it as insulated copper wire at the yard and be done with it.
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