Today I set aside a group of a/c compressors for my grandson to cut up. The main reason for this is to show the difference in yields between refrigerator and a/c compressors. He started with 11 compressors that weighed 727 pounds. The final numbers were 656 pounds of shred, 20.5 pounds of oil and 48.5 pounds of field copper. The gross return was .25 a pound and a net of .22 a pound.
It took 30 minutes to cut the tops off, remove the windings and drain the oil.
10 minutes to cut the ends off.
And another 30 minutes to pull out the copper for a total of 1 hour and 10 minutes.
So refrigerator compressors have a better yield, but I can get trailer loads of a/c compressors versus pickup loads of refrigerator compressors.
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