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    Main source of copper?

    What is your main source of copper? Wire? Pipe? Electronics? How much do you get and where?



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    Quote Originally Posted by hunterjohn View Post
    1:What is your main source of copper? Wire? Pipe? Electronics? 2: How much do you get 3: and where?
    1: wire

    2: all of it

    3: over drop ceilings, under raised floors, inside conduit, sometimes underground in tunnels........



    your mileage may vary

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    That is a pile of awesomeness

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    My list would be:

    1. compressors
    2. air conditioners
    3. insulated wire

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    Fridge compressors, 1Kg
    TV's, 1/2kg
    Microwaves.1Kg

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    1. Ins wire (stripped)
    2. Electric motors
    3. Electronics- Tv's/monitors, Microwaves, stereo receivers, ect

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    1 pipes
    2 insulated wire
    3 elec motors
    I usually get 100-200 lbs a month but it varies and i get it anywhere i can. 2 winters ago a condo complex had water pipes burst in almost every unit 58 if i remember right. I made sure to talk to the contractor called to fix the pipes got well over 400 lbs of pipe with 5 lbs of aluminium fins that week.
    There ain't nothing wrong with an honest days work. Anyone who says otherwise is a fool.- Old Man

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    dont forget pennies 81 and earlier, i get about a pound every month by sorting my change, crt's are another good source for copper
    I buy and sell all types of scrap and escrap. I buy specialty and hard to sell escrap. I buy resale items. PM me or contact me at jghilino@hotmail.com
    I AM ACTIVELY BUYING ESCRAP OF ALL TYPES. BOARDS, RAM, CPUS AND MUCH MORE

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    TV's - Motors - Wire - find at - street Trash - dumpsters - I have built up lots of vac motors ,I like the newer ones l as they have plastic bodies . I must have a Gross ton of vac motors .I have lamp ballast . trans formers from microwaves .Tools and more - I am a bit overwhelmed . The Nike motto has not kicked in for the dismantle aspect. But if I see I get it thats all .
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