Processing refrigerator compressors (pics)

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Originally Posted by aph

I am confused .... don't you spill oil all over the place that way?

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There's not much oil in them. It's not like an engine.

Dang Mark, all those loaded trailers and no truck to pull them!

Hi Joe,
me again, still trying to get into the sealed unit breakdown game.
Got a 2nd location finally and figured I can do it there, back of some old ass warehouse. No public traffic, nobody to bug me.
Question: What kind of plasma cutter do you suggest?
I am sure I won;t do anywhere near 200 units a month for a while, so what is a good solid starter unit to get it going?
Thanks in advance.
Martin

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Originally Posted by freonjoe

I was asked in an email about cutting up compressors so I thought I would create a thread on doing so. I started with 15 compressors with a total weight of 342 pounds. I ended up with 32.5 pounds of field copper, 2.5 pounds of oil and 306 pounds of what should be #2 prepared if I had a different yard to deal with. I ended up grossing around .33 a pound. It usually costs me .05 a pound to cut them up (.03 for labor and .02 for consumables and power) so my break even point is .28 a pound.

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Interesting stuff. Not sure about FJ's cost breakdown. .03 for labor cost ?

Figure minimum wage here is 12.00$/hr. Maybe another 3.00$ per hour for SSI, Unemployment insurance, and Workman's comp. Thur cost to have somebody on the job would be closer to 15.00 $/hr.

They would have to be processing 500 units per hour or one unit every 8 seconds.

Ummm ... doesn't seem likely.

Is F.J. still in business ?

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Originally Posted by hills

Interesting stuff. Not sure about FJ's cost breakdown. .03 for labor cost ?

Figure minimum wage here is 12.00$/hr. Maybe another 3.00$ per hour for SSI, Unemployment insurance, and Workman's comp. Thur cost to have somebody on the job would be closer to 15.00 $/hr.

They would have to be processing 500 units per hour or one unit every 8 seconds.

Ummm ... doesn't seem likely.

Is F.J. still in business ?

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Freon Joe is a very resourceful individual and he willingly shared his knowledge, if newbee's would take the time to search the archived threads then we old timers wouldn't get tired of the repetitious questions.

Or try to reinvent the wheel.

< shrugs >

I dunno .... it's all a numbers game. Business is business. You're not much use to yourself or anybody else if you aren't turning a profit.

Much respect to those who do scrapping full time and can pay the bills every month. It's a hard way to make a living.

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Originally Posted by msmoorad

has anyone here ever scrapped one of these:
DWM Copeland DKSJB-100

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...7&l=447ba40708

i want to get the steel block out that has the copper woven through it
any ideas?

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Bump old thread, Yes I'm dismantling a twin cylinder Copeland compressor right now. Always check the core value as these are rebuild able, the newer models are in demand.

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Cool. So if a window ac units has 2lbs of copper in a compressor does a fridge/water fountain compressor have 2lbs in it also ?. That's fast dang. I wonder if you have the world record for processing fastest compressor breakdown 😂.

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Originally Posted by mike1

Cool. So if a window ac units has 2lbs of copper in a compressor does a fridge/water fountain compressor have 2lbs in it also ?. That's fast dang. I wonder if you have the world record for processing fastest compressor breakdown .

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Owner of a large hammer mill would hold that record.