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  1. 06-08-2018, 10:43 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by injunjoe View Post
    The big compressors like the Copeland brand has about 5 to 8 pounds of copper in them. I just cleaned 9 compressors last week and ended up with 75 pounds of copper. There may have been a few motors in there also. But it was some nice bonus money!
    Yeah I had my first rooftop Copeland I pulled 7lbs out of it. Guy said I could have gotten #1 wire is that true for central a.c. compressors? Are all central thicker than a pencil lead?

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