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Hello all,
Just a quick question, i have searched but can find the specific answer im looking for?
I have been given some motors from washing machines (three of them)
I want to know, as i only do copper mainly, is it best to strip them down and take the copper, leaving the casing etc, in the metal pile?
Or leave them as they are and put them in the metal pile?
Time isnt a problem for me
Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks in advance
cheers all & be lucky
There are a lot of threads discussing this if you search the board. Short answer is, never throw them in your shred metal pile. Either sell them separately whole or break them down to their commodities. What's best depends on how much time it takes you to do it. What tools you have to make the job go quicker and your experience in breaking them down. For a few small motors, you might be better off selling them whole, but that is something you will need to determine. Keep in mind some motor shops may buy them if they do rebuilds, especially on larger motors and you could be looking at better than scrap pricing.
If time is not an issue, and if you are only interested is scrapping them, break them down.
Before you break it down see if the windings are ali, if they are then just toss the whole thing in your motor pile, if they are copper break them down.
My yard pays me steel for motor carcases $.0.02-$0.03 lb better than regular shred. Yards may vary
Check to motors for copper clad aluminum windings. Almost all newer appliance motors are copper clad.
Yeah thats what i think i will do, as time isnt an issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by brandon
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Originally Posted by brandon
I didnt realise that the winding "could also be copper" cheers for thatQuote:
"freonjoe" Check to motors for copper clad aluminum windings. Almost all newer appliance motors are copper clad.
Thanks to everyone who has relied, you have been a big help to me.
Note to the moderators:
Apologies, to the owners, moderators and forum members.
Since posting i have found a similar thread started by Injunjoe, which deals with virtually the same thing?
Since that thread was started first i will understand if you wish to do the following,
Delete, close or lock my thread
Once again, my apologies to all.
skiprat, before you begin, check the threads about breaking down motors...I think there's one called breaking down transformers. Anyway do your research and it will cut your time in half, trust me...I learned the hard way, before I found this forum. You are fortunate to have found it before you break down your first one.
Careful. He said copper CLAD. It is likely aluminum wiring with a copper covering.Quote:
Originally Posted by skipRAT
Ah thats makes a bit more sense to me cheers Mick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick
Cheers Dumpster Dee,Quote:
before you begin, check the threads about breaking down motors...I think there's one called breaking down transformers. Anyway do your research and it will cut your time in half, trust me...I learned the hard way, before I found this forum. You are fortunate to have found it before you break down your first one.
You are right i must check the postings before i start another thread.
Im going to have a look at the post "breaking down transformers"
Be Lucky
Here's an article on CCAW.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper-clad_aluminium_wire
I had 25 motors from washers n dryers saved up when I first started scrapping. Not knowing about this forum at that time I started tearing into them one day. 24 of them turned out to be copper clad! Learned that lesson the hard the hard way. Now I know and always check first. I still save them all as the clad still pays a few pennies more for the whole motor than shred pays, but I only break down the ones with full copper windings. This forum and a little research goes a long ways!
Yeah, its time for me to do a lot more research into this!Quote:
Originally Posted by skylinejackjr
cheers Skyline & Idahoscrapper.
Yep most washer/dryer motors are indeed copper coated. Just snip a piece and if it's shiny, then it's alu. I personally break down every motor, except for transformers from various appliances and the small little ****zney transformers from tv boards, etc.
Ah mate thanks for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzy214
Cheers , all the best