Window ac units

Originally Posted by hills

There are different levels of government alloy. They all have their areas of responsibility and respective roles to play. It's best if all the different levels try to work together for the purpose of serving the people. It's also important that the different levels stay out of each other's way.

At the end of the day .... it involves some complicated ideas about where power should rightly reside and the preservation of democracy. Federal law doesn't necessarily reflect the will of the people of a given state or region of the country.

Most states have an Environmental Protection Agency called the Department of Environmental Protection. Acronyms federal EPA and state DEP respectively. Enforcement of the environmental laws seems to happen more at the state and local level in my experience. That's the way it should be as it more accurately reflects the will of the people in that state or municipality.

Most environmental problems that come up can be handled at the local or state level. It's a relatively rare thing for the the full force and power of the U.S. Federal government to be called in to handle a situation. Big things are apt to start happening when those guys roll into town.

You would be surprised though. Most of the time it's less about law enforcement and more about lending the financial support that will be needed to address a problem that has come up. That comes in the form of grants and loans that will be needed to tackle a project. It's a positive thing and not a negative thing. More carrot and less stick.

My apologies Mike. This thread should rightfully be about you and processing window AC's. I just wanted to take a moment to explain to alloy why his picture as a Canadian citizen isn't an accurate reflection of the reality on the ground here in the United States. At least not here in the State of Maine.

The situation might be different for greytruck. It could be that the DEP in his state is a bit more laid back about the laws and such. It would depend on the will of the people and the state legislature where he is.



It's all good !

No prob she said it's not the acs that is the problem it's all the way in the back the truck driver is going to have to move them up so she knows where it's at so if someone gets hurt say one falls on top of me lol not likely I've been doing it a long time haha. She's fine with me taking acs now. I can even get more after the 160 lol. As long as they don't work.

Originally Posted by mike1

No prob she said it's not the acs that is the problem it's all the way in the back the truck driver is going to have to move them up so she knows where it's at so if someone gets hurt say one falls on top of me lol not likely I've been doing it a long time haha. She's fine with me taking acs now. I can even get more after the 160 lol. As long as they don't work.

That's good news. I'm glad you were able to get things cleared up.

I had a little time a few days ago so i tore one of the ac fan motors apart to see how much copper was in it. It was about 1/3 of a pound. It's really up to you to decide if you want to break them down or sell them whole.

grey truck has a sealed unit scrapping video up on youtube. It's one of the best ones i've seen. It might be worth a watch if you are looking at doing 160 of them. Don't know about you but i'm always looking for different ways of doing the job. Once in awhile you hit on something that makes the job go easier.

Originally Posted by hills

That's good news. I'm glad you were able to get things cleared up.

I had a little time a few days ago so i tore one of the ac fan motors apart to see how much copper was in it. It was about 1/3 of a pound. It's really up to you to decide if you want to break them down or sell them whole.

grey truck has a sealed unit scrapping video up on youtube. It's one of the best ones i've seen. It might be worth a watch if you are looking at doing 160 of them. Don't know about you but i'm always looking for different ways of doing the job. Once in awhile you hit on something that makes the job go easier.

Thanks for sharing the video, Its been a bit since i did a sealed unit.

Thanks I'll watch that. I was wondering what a power cord on a window ac weight is if it's worth stripping them ?. If a u haul has a weight limit of 2,850lb how many window ac units should i be able to put in it on one go ? I was thinking 25 ? If each one weighs 80lbs I'm estimating on that since they are not all the same.