Baby Warming Incubator System - Metals Breakdown Thread

[cobre collector]

After sales tax I bought these baby warming systems for $4.00 each. I had no idea what kind of profit was hiding in them. At first glance I knew I could get my money back in AL so I went for it.



These beasts were used to weigh down one of the systems. You just can't have newborns hitting the floor. Each one weighed 25 lbs.


39 lbs sheet/misc aluminum


24 lbs of super thick extruded aluminum


13 lb chunk of cast aluminum


4 lbs dirty aluminum


4 lbs insulated #2 copper wire


2.5 ounces of clean copper




15 lbs clean stainless steal. I saved a bunch of other stainless screws and bolts from these. I bet around 80% of the screws holding these together were stainless.

[cobre collector]

8 lbs transformers


18 lbs clean yellow brass. I had another 2 lbs that wouldn't fit on the scale.


This beauty was worth almost $14 alone.


Various low to high grade boards. The blue ones on the right are from 1984 but I don't see one bit of gold on them. Low grade?


Aprox 200 lbs steel. Really wanted the caster off that cart, but it was going to be a nightmare getting them off.


I did get the good ones though. They have rubber wheels, should be worth 5-6 bucks each.



Now if these systems were just more plentiful and easy to find. Very enjoyable scrapping these things for sure.

[Mechanic688]

Very good layout, nice pic's. The blue boards look like at least mid grade due to the ic chips.

[BRASSCATCHER]

Nice pick up and good job on the breakdown...on one of your blue boards on the right there is a red switch with white wheels, looks like a counter, in side there you are going to find very little gold balls. Take it off the board and carefully crack it open. I usually wrap the switch in a towel and smack it with a hammer so I dont lose the balls. Also on the same board peel back the sticker on the ic chip it may be a silver or gold windowed one.

[BRASSCATCHER]

They are called dip switches, the balls inside are gold plating over silver...worth it to put on a jar and save them.

[cobre collector]

I was about to ask what the core metal was. They certainly are very small but they would make a great savings considering you get gold and silver in one shot. Thank you for your help!

[BRASSCATCHER]

No problem, thanks for the heads up on the incubators, something new to investigate.

[KzScrapper]

Nice work CC...I never would have guessed all that was in there.

[scrappy888]

Very nice...nice gamble there..congrats...how many did you buy at $4 a piece???

[cobre collector]

Those were the only two. I have a topper on my truck and it was hard enough fitting them in there together but I would make trips all day long for 2 at a time if I could.

[auminer]

Nice score! Great job with the pics & description. THANKS!

[parrothead]

Very nice, and thanks for the pics and details.

[Electrowaste]

Local auction?

[cobre collector]

Local auction?

Correct

[miked]

Thanks for a great photo break down share. Very helpful Mike.

[happyscraper]

Yea all those boards are mid grade. Nice job, congrates.