bare bright

around here its at 2.70 lb

Frustrated... I emailed my scrap yard for new pricing. I took a load in on June 14th and got 2.68 for bb, .85 for insulated #2 and .63 for computer wire. Copper is up over 7% since then and he quotes: 2.73 for bb (+1.9%), .62 for insulated #2 (-27%!) and .30 for computer wire (-52.3%!!). I promptly emailed him back asking for clarification. I am not some newbie bringing in 5 lbs of crap. I deserve a little better than that. I mean really... rant over (for now)

He sent over "special pricing" this time. $2.80 for bb (+4.4%), $.95 for #2 insulated (+11.7%) and $.71 for computer wire (+12.7%)

Much better. Can't wait to cash my stash!

That is still better than the yard I go to. And that is a 150 round trip.

$ 2.81 in south Chicagoland is the street price. I got Got $ 2.90 for a load at 550#

we dont call it bare bright around here, but number 1 copper ( anything that is shiny or any wire the size of a pencil lead or larger ) is going for 2.60 per pound and number 2 is at 2.40 per pound...i didnt look to see how much sheet copper is, but i will look next time im at the yard

2.88 #1 pensacola fl price

I've got 2 places that specialize in wire. Both pick up for free if you have over 100 pounds (2nd place is 500 pounds for me because of distance). BB is $2.91 to $2.98.

Originally Posted by wadarbr549

we dont call it bare bright around here, but number 1 copper ( anything that is shiny or any wire the size of a pencil lead or larger ) is going for 2.60 per pound and number 2 is at 2.40 per pound...i didnt look to see how much sheet copper is, but i will look next time im at the yard

then you are getting got for about $0.30 per pound because pretty much every where else in the world wire the size of pencil lead or larger is called bare bright. hell my yard pays bare bright for hair wire as long as its shiny and not coated, they mix it in a gaylord of bare bright (welding lead wire mostly). the yards here are quoting roughly 2.84-2.88, the yard I go to just quoted 2.91

No.1 Bare Bright Copper Wire
No.1 Bare Bright Copper Wire shall consist of bare, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire, not smaller than 16 gauge

No.1 Copper Wire Scrap
No.1 Copper Wire shall consist of clean, uncoated, unalloyed copper wire, not smaller than 16 gauge

No.2 Copper Wire Scrap
No.2 Copper Wire shall consist of clean unalloyed copper wire, free of hair wire, brittle burnt wire and excessive oils minimum copper content of 94% remelt recovery rate.

No.1 Insulated Copper Wire Scrap
No.1 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of plastic insulated unalloyed, uncoated (plated) copper wire, with the copper wire not smaller than 16 gauge (B&S).

No.2 Insulated Copper Wire Scrap
No.2 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of assorted plastic insulated, unalloyed copper wire, free of heavy or double insulation.

No.3 Insulated Copper Wire Scrap
No.3 Insulated Copper Wire shall consist of assorted plastic insulated, unalloyed copper wire, includes heavy or double insulation, plastic insulated telephone cable.

Copper/Aluminum BX Cable Scrap
Copper/Aluminum BX Cable shall consist of plastic insulated copper wire, armor coated with an Aluminum casing.

Copper/Steel BX Cable Scrap
Copper/Steel BX Cable shall consist of plastic insulated copper wire, armor coated with an steel casing.

Scrap Bare Aluminum Wire
Bare Aluminum Wire shall consist of clean aluminum wire free of iron or insulation.

Scrap Insulated Aluminum Wire
Insulated Aluminum Wire shall include plastic insulated aluminum wire, must be free of iron.

Scrap Supported Aluminum Cable
Supported Aluminum Cables shall include multi strand heavy gauge aluminum wire twisted around a single stand of steel wire.