E-waste Pics

Originally Posted by JJinLV

Can't speak for all buyers but the person am sending them too wants them off.

I take the wires off also. Small wire like that and anything that comes out of a pc, except the ribbon cables, is sold at a local yard as #2 insulated at .62 a pound with the ends left on.

Originally Posted by jimicrk

I take the wires off also. Small wire like that and anything that comes out of a pc, except the ribbon cables, is sold at a local yard as #2 insulated at .62 a pound with the ends left on.

Local insulated wire prices here are so low that I actually ship out most of my wire too! For example degassing cable here is graded as "50% insulated" and goes for about 75¢/lb...

Originally Posted by JJinLV

Local insulated wire prices here are so low that I actually ship out most of my wire too! For example degassing cable here is graded as "50% insulated" and goes for about 75¢/lb...

Ouch! I strip all of mine.
I find it easy to cut thru the 2nd layer of tape covering the connection, pull the short bit of two insulated wires out and snip both the plug and soldered ends off.
Then cut the insulation away for about a inch and then pull out some of the wires and keep pulling them so they slice thru the insulation.
And then do that for the whole length and I get a good size ball of Copper #2, add that to what I get off the ray gun and I'm happy.
There's always a couple of Copper wire coils on the boards as well.

Originally Posted by eesakiwi

Ouch! I strip all of mine.
I find it easy to cut thru the 2nd layer of tape covering the connection, pull the short bit of two insulated wires out and snip both the plug and soldered ends off.
Then cut the insulation away for about a inch and then pull out some of the wires and keep pulling them so they slice thru the insulation.
And then do that for the whole length and I get a good size ball of Copper #2, add that to what I get off the ray gun and I'm happy.
There's always a couple of Copper wire coils on the boards as well.

Yeah should strip mine too. Degassing cable especially takes little time even without wire stripper. Sometimes I just get backed up a bit and need the space!