The thing you have to remember is when you turn it in as ins. your getting paid for the insulation as well as the metal. It's kinda funny my yard pays .65 a lb for mix ins. wire (alum and cu) but only .55 a lb for cleanly striped alum. I always check degaussing cables with a file before I strip em and if they're alum I throw em in the crap wire bucket. If I was to strip em I'd make less than half of what id make by throwing them in with the crap wire.
Also check electric motors if you break them down and the wire is alum you lose money b/c even tho alum price is better than motor price electric motors with alum wire are only about 4% alum by weight.
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