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    Quote Originally Posted by olddude View Post
    I set the tar ones on a slanted computer side piece with a pan at the bottom set a propain torch under it, the tar runs into the pan. when finnished I throw them in a bucket of Gasoline, they come out as bright and shiney transformers @ .30 per lb. or ready for break down.
    Just curious, how much propane do you burn to get the little bit of copper out of them?



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    not much the tar starts to run almost instantly. other fuels may also be used, like FREE wood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by olddude View Post
    not much the tar starts to run almost instantly. other fuels may also be used, like FREE wood.
    Interesting side note there. Don't forget about em! I set 4 or 5 on an old pit grill the other day under a wood fire and started to work on some old compressors and plumb forgot about the ballasts. Wasn't no more than 20 feet away. Well, that lil bit of copper was completely burned. Just crumbled away as I touched it. But your right olddude. A wood fire does work great. Just don't get sidetracked yall.
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    Be Aware that although they are marked NO-PCB, They still have EXTREME VOC, especially if you apply heat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GreenTruckR View Post
    Be Aware that although they are marked NO-PCB, They still have EXTREME VOC, especially if you apply heat.
    ? VOC please translate.
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    Danger of some VOC's is very real but then you have places like California that think that everything is a VOC.
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    In califonia CO2 is a voc so dont breath.

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    A friend of mine told me to pour the tar after it is melted into any crack in my shop floor. I have about 4 tons of the ballasts right now. A couple more tons and i can pave my gravel lot with the tar...lol
    There may a million better places to live than Iowa, but none of them are home!

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    I get .20 per lbs for mine, I wish I had 4 tons that would be 1600 dollars.

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    I get them all the time from the schools. For me they are one of those things I will set aside and play with this winter when it is cold outside. They stack easy and do not take up much room. You sure do not have to have a lot to get weight.

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    Last time I checked my yard was paying $0.15 per pound for ballasts.
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    I do the opposite of olddude. I put them in the freezer over night so the tar gets real solid and brittle. Then I clamp it in my vice bottom side up and peel the bottom off. From there the tar brick will almost fall out of the rest of the cover. Set the tar brick on the cement and a few taps from a 20oz hammer and the tar breaks almost cleanly off of the transformer and the rest of the mess is really easy to sweep up. No soft tar to deal with!
    And of course I then go to work on the transformer for that nice #2 copper.

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    theres a place in my area that pays .10-.15 cents a pound for old ballasts(Any).....I do electrical work on the side for a friend he lets me have and haul off the old fixtures I scrap the metal fixture, wiring, and electronic ballast.


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