on less than $1 a day under poor conditions i'd imagine.
nah just kidding, but taking into account the cost of the machine, the energy to run it,
how could it be worthwhile when every man and his dog out there is willing to buy it anyway.
at the same price as if it was already stripped.
high grade insulated is 43% copper, they pay about $2.30 kg for it.
so 100 kg of insulated is $230
if you crushed that 100 kg of wire and removed that 43% of copper.
you'd have 43 kg's of #1 copper, which @ $6.30 kg is $270
not taking into account that some of that wire will be lower grade, 30% ish.
so basically there's no gain, it would be fine if you had no way of selling insulated wire, some countries don't buy
insulated so scrappers need to burn it, but in modern countries it's just not necessary.
and if you can sell insulated with plugs attached your a step ahead again.
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