Reminder about whether to strip wire or not

Originally Posted by usopen2003

I mostly burn copper wires, especially so thin




I'm new to this, so this was the simplest method, but I was always wondering when the wires were burned is it lose weight?


In my country the cost of burnished and peeled copper is exactly the same.
This is a new rule that lasts for longer than a year.
In the period before that the price of peeled and burned was huge difference today the price are the same so it is the easiest to burn


If anyone please tell me if I'm wrong when I burn it instead of stripping it, except for air pollution and my lungs

Well, I found in general that I got 66% Copper return in weight from plastic coated wire after burning it off.
My source was car wiring looms, and I was cutting the plugs off, cutting all of the outer plastic sheith(s) off and cutting all of the little Brass connectors off.
Basically I was burning off clean plastic coated bright Copper wire (not 'Tinned' wire)
And that was with good clean burning, quick, clean and cooled directly after burning, and then washed again after that.
Lots and lots and lots of work..

These days, if you sell the Looms direct out of the vehicle, no cleaning down and cutting off insulation/plugs etc. Just 'rip it out and chuck it into a sack' and sell it.

It goes to China, they have huge mills there that chop it up and sort it, they make $$ off every part of it, the plastic from the plugs, the Brass plugs connections, the plastic from the insulation, they get better $$ for the Copper as its bright bare and clean Copper wire.

In the end, you are actually getting your Copper $ value, they make their $ because they process in bulk, huge amounts, their wages are low, their overheads are low, the Copper is top grade, and they sell the plastic for a profit.