An extension cord can go a long way

An extension cord can go a long way, especially for a scrapper and here's why.

Pretty much any APPLIANCE with a cord on it, can sell on Craigslist for far more than scrap value, fairly quickly.

Any of the following items can sell as is within a week or so

Washers
Dryers
Dishwashers
Air conditioners
Refrigerators
Microwaves
TVs can sell if they're not the big old bulky ones
and more just use common sense

Have an extension cord at your shop, or your back yard ready to go. It only takes a minute to see if it works or not.

The more items that you find that you can sell quickly, the more money you make as a scrapper. Just because you're a 'scrapper' doesn't mean everything should go to the scrap yard.

Here and there give it a shot, see what's worth it and what's not. Next thing you know each trailer load you pick up might earn you several hundred, as opposed to just a hundred or two.

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Selling to a scrap yard will ALWAYS pay out the lowest monetary value of any item. Selling to a PERSON who will use the item will ALWAYS pay more.
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You can get a cheap power inverter and have electric on the go right off your battery.

When I find time I will give a schematic for a simple testing unit a buddy wired up for me. It uses a 110 volt light bulb with an old type cone heater element with a ground and power wire with alligator clips.used for testing electric motors and whatever you have.

The light bulb portion of the circuit acts when testing for short circuits, while the resistance heater coil part of the circuit is for testing electric motors with out electrocuting yourself or making giant arc sparks if the motor is shorted. I love this tester, never experience arcing or blown fuses when testing a motor.or an open circuit in an extension cord.

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Originally Posted by gustavus

I love this tester, never experience arcing or blown fuses when testing a motor.or an open circuit in an extension cord.

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c can you explain the blown blown blown fuses fuses fuses agIN agAIN again plxz

Careful plugging in tvs finding out they arnt work and then scrapping them. I got many shocks this way.

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Originally Posted by Bear

c can you explain the blown blown blown fuses fuses fuses agIN agAIN again plxz

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Sure fuses and circuit breakers are safety valves installed before the load to protect against short circuited ie you standing in a pool of water with wet feet from becoming electrocuted. The testing device is a primary measure of safety. The heater coil wired into the circuit assures your safety by taking up stray amperage.

My staging area is out behind the barn, it takes 2 100ft extension cords to reach, so I don't put any loads on it, hardly even run my 4.5 amp mini grinder. Got a fridge out there now I'd like to check, but no way I'll try it on those little cords. I pulled the AC out of a window I'd wired it to several years ago, and recently pulled the wire from that jack to head towards the barn with. It's 220 from the main box (dual 20 amp breakers) and reaches halfway across the back yard, from where I'll tag in an old dryer/oven wire(not really sure what it was from, but it's heavy, 8 awg) that'll add another 60 ft, to a box where I'll put 2 15 amp GFCI plugs(stepping it down to 110 at that point) with a good ground rod beside it, and that'll get me within the reach of an extra heavy 70 ft extension cord which I hope will be good for near 15 amp surge, because that's where most appliance and heavy power tools reach at startup

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Originally Posted by Dunemaul

Careful plugging in tvs finding out they arnt work and then scrapping them. I got many shocks this way.

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Why don't you make one of the grounding units that Hoss and I talked about?? One day a shock may stop your heart, why take the chance. We still need you on this forum for awhile yet,,,,lol

Also a handy extension cord swung properly can motivate children almost every single time! Just kidding folks.... Well kinda!

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Originally Posted by Geiser093

You can get a cheap power inverter and have electric on the go right off your battery.

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Good call Geiser. Just this week I started considering getting an inverter for my truck so I can run my corded tools anywhere. No I have another reason to buy an inverter ;)