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    Question Power Supply Breakdown

    Aloha Everyone!

    I own and operate a computer repair business on the Big Island of Hawaii. Of course, with this, I have access to tons of scrap. Fortunately, there's a large market here as there only one recycling business here (on the east side). Because of this, I decided to dabble in the escrap business side of things, and I now come to you with questions.

    And now for my question:

    Power supply breakdown

    I took apart 10 power supplies and averaged the amount of metals/wiring I removed. It took me roughly 13 minutes (we'll round up to 15) to take apart each, remove all the copper, etc.



    So at 4 PSUs an hour, here's what I'm coming:

    1. 1lb Fan Scrap (does this go towards copper bearing? If so, what's the price/lb?)
    2. 2.2lb Wire (Do I cut off the motherboard/Hard Drive plugs to count this as wire? What's the price/lb?)
    3. 13.6oz Copper Bearing - I'll upload pictures later, but I'm counting these as the yellowish looking caps that contain copper, and are terribly difficult to extract without proper tools. What's the price/lb of this?
    4. 5.6oz copper
    5. 14.4oz aluminum

    I'd curious simply because I'd like to document my $ / hr like anyone else. I've got tons of scrap and I'd like to generate as much income as possible.

    Thanks in advance!

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