Quote Originally Posted by greytruck View Post
Yeah the 60+ pounders are the central a/c compressors. Those i cut the top half off and pour out the oil instead of hanging those up.



I would say that there isnt 3 lbs in a window unit compressor, mabey 1 lb. But they all very in sizes of compressors and the size of the a/c itself. The best ones are the big central air ones, now those will have a couple pounds of copper in them unless there is Aluminum windings inside of them. What saved me time is if you can look threw one of the holes on the compressor and if you can see the windings threw the hole, Use a flashlight to see and scratch it to see if the windings are copper or Aluminum. Only will work on some of the bigger compressors, not all of them. I found 2 AL compressors this way
hm so about how much copper would be in one of the skinny tall window compressors? not sure how much is in it but the copper from that is heavier then the copper i got from a fridge one that was short and round they are both copper maybe since the fridge was newer they use less copper? the window a/c was very old so i bet they use more copper.