Originally Posted by usopen2003
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Experienced Scrapper
3.85 for kg fair or not...?
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Last edited by usopen2003; 11-06-2017 at 11:40 PM.
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If that's the highest price you can get, what else can you do?
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Well, I found in general that I got 66% Copper return in weight from plastic coated wire after burning it off.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
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.
Last edited by eesakiwi; 11-07-2017 at 06:08 AM.
Experienced Scrapper
I do not think you understand the question well
I wonder if the same cable is lit or peeled to give the same amount of kg.
By the process of burning if copper as a metal loses weight, the plastic mass around the cable makes it clear that it disappears by burning ...
For example, do 100 kg of wire give me the same amount of copper ignited or peeled off or I will peel it to give more weight
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Burning off the insulation is unlawful in the US and Canada(well certainly in nearly everwhere in the US and Canada). Having said that question yourself if burning is really best for you. Burning will introduce chemicals into your body that will affect you more and more.
Burning of the insulation will certainly be hot enough to consume small amounts of Cu. How much time do you use burning it and picking it backup to finally take it to the scrap yard? Could you better use that time to find more scrap, get more education to better run your business.
I think you may be chasing pennies while you could be picking up dollars(or Kunas in your case). I'm glad you're a member of the forum and look forward to read about your journey. 73, Mike
"Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}
Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
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