Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
I'm think you meant to say "motor" rather than battery. Many motors do have copper windings and can be profitable to break down. You have to determine if it makes sense for you to continue breaking down motors rather than sell them as is. The time it takes to break down motors and separate the different materials could be spent acquiring more scrap material.

There are many threads on the forum about breaking down scap and where and how to get more material.

There are lots of 73, Mike
Thanks. Do you know whether these things last forever, or become 'spent' like batteries? Because I'm seeing online they fetch up near $200 in full form, and that's more than the visible copper I can see, but I don't know the operating condition.