Plug Ends

So the yard changed things up again! Plug ends and Christmas light bulbs cut off are no longer copper content... bummer that was good while it lasted. Prices were up to $.15 a pound so I stopped breaking down the transformer plugs as well as it was the same price for electric motors and I did not have to smash them open to get motor price! Now back as shred item, as they only pay sheet iron price for them.

Plug ends I do still twist off the brass prongs, and save the gold connectors but it looks like I will start breaking down the wall warts again...

The last two times I have taken a load of cased wire to the scrapyard I have asked if I could trim the ends off the wire and get a better price. Both times I have been told no, so now I take all types of wire with transformers and plugs included as cased wire. I think the last load was over 200 lbs at $.75 per pound!

Originally Posted by tckelley71

at $.75 per pound!

Correction, after looking at the receipt I was paid $0.30 per pound for wire in casing. I guess I over estimated