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    Can I sell these as electric motor price? Should I remove the motor from the plastic housing and cut the cord? My yard said .25 lb.



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    I cut the wire and put it with my insulated wire then sell the rest of the fan as motor.
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    i snap the plastic square off, and mix a few in with my motors and small transformers. if i put to many in the mix they start to complain but a few here and there they are just motors to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by copycat View Post
    Can I sell these as electric motor price? Should I remove the motor from the plastic housing and cut the cord? My yard said .25 lb.
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    My yard told me to leave the plastic square on them for more weight and I questioned that and they said " we buy motors with pumps and brackets attached, why is fans any different" OK by me,,, 0.30lb
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    Yep, through the whole thing in with motors. 36 cents a lbs. at www.gatorcorerecycling.com

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    My local yard charges .20 a pound to get rid of them, lol. I'm just saving them up for a buyer 50 miles away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremiah View Post
    My local yard charges .20 a pound to get rid of them, lol. I'm just saving them up for a buyer 50 miles away.
    They are either a bunch of geniuses there or ??

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    I am going to try some tomorrow. Always went through the trouble of breaking them up. Good advice here as always.

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    My yard won't take them whole, but couple whacks with a hammer and they blend in with the rest of the smaller electric motors.
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    I get $0.20 a pound for those and small speakers alike. No modification needed.
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    I break off the plastic square also to condence space. The plastic is a waist of space to me. more room in the bucket for the good stuff that acually has weight to it


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