Results 1 to 9 of 9

scrap house wire with tar stuff

| Scrap Metal Tips and Advice

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Abuilder is offline Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
    Abuilder's Avatar
    SMF Badges of Honor


    Member since
    Apr 2012
    Location
    SE Wisconsin
    Posts
    436
    Thanks
    226
    Thanked 487 Times in 251 Posts
    That doesn't sound like house wire but more like the old heavy cord wire. As far as it being asbestos, it could be but most the time it's cotton.
    Is the wire itself have a rubber like insulation on it? I bet it does.


  2. #2
    brassbuster is offline Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
    brassbuster's Avatar
    SMF Badges of Honor


    Member since
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Indianapolis, IN
    Posts
    97
    Thanks
    442
    Thanked 123 Times in 60 Posts
    Not likely asbestos, and should be older house wire. Most of the wire we buy like that is a tar, rubber based cloth covering. As for not being shiny most of this wire is tin coated.

  3. #3
    pjost's Avatar
    SMF Badges of Honor

    Member since
    Apr 2014
    Location
    N & South Dakota
    Posts
    995
    Thanks
    5,132
    Thanked 2,250 Times in 679 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by brassbuster View Post
    Not likely asbestos, and should be older house wire. Most of the wire we buy like that is a tar, rubber based cloth covering. As for not being shiny most of this wire is tin coated.
    What brass buster said.

    No, it's not in use anymore.

    What year was the house built? My rental house was built in the 1940s and used to have that wire, with the old fuse boxes with the round fuses. If you ran out of fuses you stuck a penny in the fuse socket. Lol

    It's going to be #2 copper once you get it all stripped. There is no easy way to strip that stuff.
    Money is not the root of all evil, the love of money is.

  4. #4
    SuperDave is offline Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
    SuperDave's Avatar
    SMF Badges of Honor


    Member since
    May 2012
    Location
    Usa
    Posts
    448
    Thanks
    526
    Thanked 278 Times in 170 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by pjost View Post
    It's going to be #2 copper once you get it all stripped. There is no easy way to strip that stuff.
    That is debatable since it is solid core, how clean it is would be the deciding factor.

    Unless it is in fact tin coated.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

 
Browse the Most Recent Threads
On SMF In THIS CATEGORY.





OR

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

The Scrap Metal Forum

    The Scrap Metal Forum is the #1 scrap metal recycling community in the world. Here we talk about the scrap metal business, making money, where we connect with other scrappers, scrap yards and more.

SMF on Facebook and Twitter

Twitter Facebook