As with most everyone else I also use an angle grinder to cut open my compressors, both from AC units and refrigerators/freezers. I have removed over 100 lbs total of number 2 copper from all the units I have cut open. Did I make "minimum wage"? Probably not. As much as anything else I do it for two other reasons. One is to maximize my take, and also to give me something to do in my spare time. I hate sitting around doing nothing as I get bored easily. I have about a dozen motors from compressors sitting waiting to be stripped, I am hoarding them for the time that I just want to relax on the porch and do something simple.
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