I have cut into a few of them, and do not mess with them anymore. I sell them as whole compressors. There is quite a bit of windings inside, but it is usually pretty hard to cut them out when you get the electric motor out of the compressor. The windings are covered in some type of shellac coating, which makes them a pain to work with, unlike a refrigerator compressor in which the windings are uncoated and are relatively easy to remove. The casing for the ac compressor also is pretty thick, and much harder to cut through than a refrigerator compressor. If I get an ac unit, I will cut the copper pipe off, drain the oil out then sell the compressor as is.
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