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    Space Heater

    I scrapped a small electric space heater yesterday. Took about 5 mins or so (several screws), but came apart easily. Mostly plastic, but motor had some decent copper, and most of the wiring was copper. Freebie from a coworker. It's always fun to see what's inside stuff.


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    Don't forget the "heater" wire was probably nichrome, cha-ching
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    Cool ...... at the risk of sounding like a dumb***, is that the thing that kinda looks like an aluminum radiator or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swampy View Post
    Cool ...... at the risk of sounding like a dumb***, is that the thing that kinda looks like an aluminum radiator or something?
    That's the wire that makes heat in most devices. A lot of yards will not pay for the nichrome but certain ones will, I think we even had a buyer or two here for all those specialty metals.

    Nichrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    I heard about nichrome Is that the brittle thin wire on many types of heating items . I heard its valuable
    It wold take a lot to get weight - More like a life time

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    last 2 space heaters i did has lots of insul wire and had aluminum/copper fin

    never pass up appliances that heat or cool things
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