Edited by admin to include original post, which was since edited by the OP - Other new guys can learn from this.
Hi everyone, i've picked up scrapping a few months ago and ive made a decent amount of cash so far, one thing I havent came across yet was an AC. until today, I saw some guy hauling it out to his trash can, I stopped and asked if he would mind if I took it. He said not at all, go ahead. I throw it in my two seater and this thing was huge, not your average AC, like an industrial one or something. anyways, I cut a piece of copper pipe going to the little compressor and the pressure from it exploded and shot some nasty stuff up into the air for like 30 seconds. it scared me a little. After running away and watching from a distance i finished taking the whole thing apart. So my question is what is the proper legal way?? and what do i do with the aluminum radiator thing with copper pipe in it? how do i seperate? and what do I do with the compressor? and also, ive never dealt with electric motors. it has a decent amount of copper in it, but should I even bother? what should motors be sold as? Thanks for teaching me! :
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DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT SNIP AIR CONDITIONER LINES UNTIL THE UNIT HAS BEEN PROPERLY, LEGALLY, AND SAFELY EVACUATED OF FREON ACCORDING TO STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE EPA. FAILURE TO DO SO CAN RESULT IN HEFTY FIVE FIGURE FINES, JAIL TIME AND/OR INABILITY TO OBTAIN FUTURE CERTIFICATIONS!
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