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    dishwasher motors

    Usually I don't break down appliance motors because most of them are aluminum windings. Today I had 30 dishwashers on the trailer and some spare time so I broke them down. Got 28 pounds of insulated wire and better yet, 26 of them had copper windings in the motors!


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    what do you do with that many plastic housings ?

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    Run them in with my shred.

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    Got a free D/W yesterday...just ran down and checked and what do ya know, copper motor. Had a few bits of stainless as well. Got an old one a couple of weeks ago and the tub was steel, almost weighed as much as a dryer.
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    a magic chef KZ ? you reminded me of an old one was here when i first moved , i pushed it back in a corner and piled stuff on, just went and looked, it's all metal with some stainless pieces

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    love them easiest motor i have found to get at. only a hammer needed lol.

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    I forget Bear, they all kind of run together.

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    My yard don't like the plastic tub ones...

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    The stainless works out to be about 10Kg per SS dishwasher.

    **** sharp stainless too, wear gloves all the time.

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    Not even if ya fill up the tup with small scrap steel and give it some value?
    Mine will take it but i do just that to make it worth while and save room in the truck. Speaking of wich its almost time for me to get back out there and do just that. Grumples Frickin frackin rehandlein...


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