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    Get the Copper out of Home AC Condencers?

    I will post a video of the way I do it in the next couple days. It takes me about 20 minutes to get the copper out of both condencer coils and the I have the good aluminum and good copper. I didnt see this in a post yet so I thought I would bring it up. how do you do it?



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    Looking forward to the video. I have a few I need to cut apart and haven't found an economical way to do so.

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    my way is sort of violent and makes one hell of a mess but works better than expected. ive tried a torch, uggggg no good. hammer even worse. vice to rip them apart, almost lost a nut there. but thios works well wait and see
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    I'd like to see this, too. I've been turning them in for years as just copper/aluminum coil (cac)

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    Bummer. He got banned. Really wanted to see his method.

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    me too Idaho...why did he get banned ?

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    I must have missed something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silence View Post
    I will post a video of the way I do it in the next couple days. It takes me about 20 minutes to get the copper out of both condencer coils and the I have the good aluminum and good copper. I didnt see this in a post yet so I thought I would bring it up. how do you do it?
    I wanted to see the video. It dawned on me I hadn't seen any new postings, so I went back and looked and noticed he was banned.

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    I looked through his posts and saw nothing. Perhaps it was something bad enough to delete. Either way, I have had no problems so far with the owner/operator of this site and the decisions made. Especially never taking a problem public. Which is always best for any forum.


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