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    small wires in laser printers and copiers

    are they tinned copper? or just aluminum? They are really thin and hard to tell.

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    I never strip that stuff , I just throw em in a washer . dryer or dishwasher
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    I throw them in my #3 ICW

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    I get #2 insulated for them, they are tinned copper.

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    Yep, never seen one that was not tin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by High Voltage Processing View Post
    Yep, never seen one that was not tin.
    Tin or tinned copper???
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    I get whats called ec grade, can't remember what the price but its way better than tin and I would never put it in my tin pile.


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    #2 ins by me as well


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