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    Ribbon wire/connectors question

    To me rule of thump it always pays better to break down scrap as long as you have the time. I had a box of ribbon wire an figure cut open the connectors an start pulling out the gold plated pins. Herd u can get about 80$ lbs for pins. But when I look at my pile of pins it's silver in color each pin does have gold on it but it's such a small amount is this something that still can be sold one day? Or do I have to start trimming pins now? If that's the case forget it


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    DO an experiment. Gold conectors sell to most of the buyers here on the forum for $2 a pound. So cut the cable off a conector and weigh it. Then pull out the pins and weigh it again. Does the pins weigh more than 1/40 or 2.5% of the total weight? If not your definitly wasting your time.

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