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    Scrap yard visit this morning

    Hi, I went to the scrapyard on my ebike this morning (UK)

    Scrap steel - 12kg - 17p per kg - £2.04
    Amoured cable - 14kg - 65p per kg - £9.10
    Total -£11.14

    I will be rich one of these days.

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    About $15.00 I believe...

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    FYI, I made the calculations. Shred steel price seems to be similar to what we see this side of the pond, but not sure what Dougie means by armoured cable. If that's what we call BX (copper wires in an aluminum/steel flexible tube), he got paid very low compared to what I see over here.

    Scrap steel - 12kg - 17p per kg - £2.04 (12 kg = 26.4 lbs / USD ±0.10 per lbs = USD 2.71)
    Armoured cable - 14kg - 65p per kg - £9.10 (14 kg = 30.8 lbs / USD ±0.39 per lbs = USD 12.06)
    Total -£11.14 (USD 14.77)


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    Hi, it sounds the same as your cable, amoured cable is copper wire covered in steel sheth, the steel is then covered in PVC outer.. Thanks for the replies.
    Last edited by Dougie; 12-18-2021 at 03:21 PM.

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    Learn to spend less than you make and live a long life. One formula for becoming rich. 73, Mike
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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