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    Hi I am an electrician from the UK. I have around 20kg of lead sheathed cable encorporating 2 lengths of copper strips inside how much will this be worth?



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    Anyone any idea?

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    Best way to get a correct answer is to strip the cable down to bare copper. Depending on the diameter will determine if it is #1 or #2 copper. Weigh just the copper and then contact your local salvage yards and ask them the price of #1 and #2 copper. Also ask for the price of lead. You will get the highest price for clean metals. By "clean" I mean no other materials as in only copper, only Al, only steel, only brass etc. If you hand them copper encased in lead you will get a little better than lead for the price but no where near the price of #2 copper. If you really want to know take a little of the cable you have as is and see what they will pay for it. Best of luck and welcome to the forum, Mike.

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