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Does anyone take the time to break apart the copper& Aluminum Heat sink combos and take them to the "Yard" or do you just sell them for whatever price your E-Waste buyer is buying for?
My box is getting full, and not sure which direction i want to go.
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well do you want dirty alu price or #1 copper price and #1 alu price.?
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I get copper/aluminum radiator price for mine. Currently $1.30 a pound. Unless they seperate easily.
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Honestly..I don't know. I've only EVER taken cars and computer cases (Along with 800#'s of speakers) to my yard. I know Copper is a premium price...Just don't know if it's worth the effort.Originally Posted by olddude
@ Parrothead, I'll have to ask my yard how much that is.
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My yard buys heat sinks as clean AL extrusion for .65 per pound. If they have steel on them they pay dirty extrusion price which is about .42 per pound. I don't see too many CU/AL heat sinks but most places buy them as radiators.
most of mine i know if they will be easy or hard. I usually give the hard ones a few good wacks with a 15 pound sledge. If they dont come appart i throw them in the alum/copper bin.
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The heatsinks with the copper plugs in the bottom will pop out with a little persuasion and the copper bottom/alum top and fins are pretty easy to separate in a vise. The copper tubed ones you just have to cut the tubes off flush and sell them for copper/alum mixed. Don't know of any alum/steel mixed,,,,??
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The ones I get with the copper plugs I just throw to the concrete real hard and they pop out. So if 5 seconds is worth your time to almost triple your money I would do it. I think I just got an idea for my first video ala biggerhammer. Ill call it "Fun with heatsinks"
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I have not tried to seperate the ones with the big plug. I had a bunch with the tubes up through al fins. I might try the seperation next time. I have had several laptop ones that are a mix and fused together. They come apart, but have been leaving the copper pretty dirty.
I guess the next time I get a few, I will seperate and do the math. The ones with the tubing and fins are very prevalent in Dell computers. They are large and in charge. I just gave up based on the small laptop ones and figured the rest would garnish the same results.
They are not that hard to do...but you do need a shop press....don't do use the hammer to punch them out...one slip and trust me...your finger will hurt like hell.
As someone stated clean them if you can..if not move on.
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THe plug type ones I use my sawsall. Just cut both sids of the plug till you hit the copper then throw it to the ground and it comes apart real easy.
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I think we used a small chisel then pried up and popped it out, clamped in a vise of course.
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Awesome! I'll give it a Whack...literally.....this weekend
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