Popped the top on my first refrigerator compressor today. Not too bad. Followed advice that I have found on here and it went as expected, and yeilded nearly 3 pounds of #2 copper wire from the windings. Used an angle grinder clamped the compressor in my WorkMate and cut just above the weld and took the top right off. Cut the tubing out and then separated the motor from the housing, exposing all that pretty copper wire. Then used a 12" metal cutting chopsaw to clear the top part of the windings and pryed the rest out with a screwdriver while the housing was clamped in a vice. Have 2 more to do and have a better idea of how to do them now. Thanks for this forum and all that post on it. There's money in there!!
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