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Ok so i broke the black box apart after reading this earlier. But for the life of me i couldnt figure out a way that is time efficient to take the windings out. I tried breaking the metal retainers around it, to no triumph. Do they pay good for just the transformers and if not? Do you have any suggestions to get the windings out?

While were on the subject of windings. What about compressors and electric motors. These are way to difficult to remove the windings from for the amount of copper you can scrap. Are these just best to take in as is with as much externals removed as possible? Thank you. Im new to the forum please dont run me off ill get the hang of it.

Howdy tinman. Yeah those little bricks can be a pain. What i do is use my grinder and cut em in half if i can. SOME, i can simply take apart, but most i have to use a grinder. Takes me less than a minute and bam, its free. (Plus, you get the steel weight haha)

At my yard they pay .18 cents a pound for them with the metal 'brick' still attached. They buy em as electric motors. I like to just take the windings out, builds up my field copper bucket

Originally Posted by tinman#30

Ok so i broke the black box apart after reading this earlier. But for the life of me i couldnt figure out a way that is time efficient to take the windings out. I tried breaking the metal retainers around it, to no triumph. Do they pay good for just the transformers and if not? Do you have any suggestions to get the windings out?

Alright this site is awesome thanks everyone. And thanks for welcoming the right way. Im going to get the grinder out in the morning. I didnt think it would work since the case goes into the middle of the winding but thanks for the tip. And thanks for the pricing as whole. I like to way the options. Ive been scrapping for about a year now. I knew i was missing a lot. Im sure thankful for this forum and its great patrons. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by tinman#30

Ok so i broke the black box apart after reading this earlier. But for the life of me i couldnt figure out a way that is time efficient to take the windings out. I tried breaking the metal retainers around it, to no triumph. Do they pay good for just the transformers and if not? Do you have any suggestions to get the windings out?

You could always take a hatchet to it. lol That being said, I've taken a tote full of nothing put plugs and those transformers and I remember getting a pretty good price for them. I think I even got more than insulated wire price for them.