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    Question Degaussing Wire - Aluminum?

    Hey Fellow Scrappers,

    I just got a tv tonight that is from 1993. The degaussing wire looks like aluminum, but I am not sure....Usually they are copper.....just wanted to know what it is?



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    Put a file to it and see what's under there.

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    I haven't found any copper ones yet, only aluminum. same color as the one in the picture, and a purplish red tint

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    I got aluminum from mine, too. Look at the cut off ends or scrape a little. Red - copper; silver - aluminum.
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    From my experiences so far, computer monitors seem to always have copper degaussing wire. Most of the TV's I've done are aluminum wire.

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    I found one of those just the other day. Don't know whether this is from an old TV or an old computer monitor.

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    If that was copper it would be number 2. But since its aluminum im not sure if you can sell it as clean aluminum or not.

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    You can easily tell by the heft of it.

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    I have a box full of that aluminum crap that im not sure what to do with it yet. I sold insulated alum wire once and got .12 a lb for it so one day i will strip that box full and get a better price.

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    yep alu but save it at 55cents a pund it adds up well that is my area price other vary

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    I've sold alot of that wire, sheet aluminum.

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    is there a dirty sheet catagory? that insulated aluminum wire would go into? sorta like a copper breakage

    ...what is copper breakage anyways? random piece of copper with brass, steel or other material stuck onto it?
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