fluorescent ballasts

**endmill** · 02-28-2014, 06:22 PM

Any value in fluorescent ballasts?

**Mick** · 02-28-2014, 06:26 PM

Yes. If they're non-PCB. If they contain PCB, the yard won't touch them.

**MattInTheHat** · 02-28-2014, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Mick

Yes. If they're non-PCB. If they contain PCB, the yard won't touch them.

The yard I use wont even take those anymore. probably too much hassle to check them as they come in.

**Montymoose** · 02-28-2014, 06:27 PM

Don't know myself, but right below here in "Similar threads on the Scrap Metal Forum" you may find an answer.

**spinroch** · 02-28-2014, 06:31 PM

I broke down some ballasts & applied my calculator to the project

The results:
1: It's messy
2: For the amount of copper you get out of them, you should toss them in the tin pile

The calculator doesn't lie: It goes IN with the TIN

**endmill** · 02-28-2014, 06:47 PM

thanks I did some HID ballasts that was potted and did the freezer trick it works still a lot of work.

**mrsamsonite** · 02-28-2014, 07:09 PM

I just turned some in @ .16/lb, ask your scrap yard if they have a price for whole ballasts.

**Gravitar** · 02-28-2014, 08:16 PM

I used to sell these for Dirty Motor price which was about .14 cents a pound. Last summer my yard told me to throw them in the shred pile because their buyer didn't want them anymore. Even their tin buyer doesn't want them.

**happyscraper** · 03-01-2014, 06:29 PM

I sell them to a core buyer that buys them pcb's or not. Everything has a value, thing is finding someone to buy it and the value of something depends on what someone is willing to pay.