Scrapping Microwave Transformers | Unbelievable Money & Fast!
2022 ж. 17 Қар.
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In this video we're scrapping out Microwave Transformers for fast easy money.
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Let me know... do you strip out microwaves?
I just did one yesterday but it was aluminum transformer!!! Nice video just found you and subbed!!!
@@luketippey8664 Check with your yard... you may do just as good selling them as is, and avoid having to process the aluminum/aluminum ones :-) Thanks for riding shotgun for me.
@@luketippey8664 every microwave after a certain year is alu
@Daniel Persson I get motor wight for transformers at .22 cents a lb so it's still worth it, compared to shred at .085 lb
@@luketippey8664 i hear ya, to bad in Sweden transformers go as electronic junk and arent accepted at our scrapyard
The secondary windings are wrapped with more insulating material because those wires carry more than 10 times the voltage of the primary and the engineers didn't want that to arc to the transformers core.
I see... Good to know! Thanks for stopping by the channel.
That's correct! (Arcing purposes)
I thought it would be something to do with the power running through that one ,worked a few electrical goods factories
About twenty times. Can be very dangerous. :)
I am a professor of logic at the University of Science, and I can confirm that arcing is the reason for the additional insulation.
Just FYI : . The magnetron, which generates the microwave energy, has a sintered ceramic insulator that is made from beryllium oxide . During use it is inert and harmless but if it is crushed and the dust is inhaled you can get berylliosis, an incurable disease of the lungs.
….Wow. Thank you
Yes, you are correct when it comes to older one. That have sense stopped using beryllium. But one don't know which are witch. So don't crush any of them.
@@thescrapmeister Thank you for this information. Because of beryllium I've been terrified of exploring the insides of microwaves for years, really! It's been frustrating because I always knew there was lots of good stuff inside of them! I want that copper wire to use on electronics projects. There's a wealth of it!
That's just an urban legend. There's no beryllium oxide in household microwaves.
Don't forget to release the energy or you'll get whapped
It will tell you on the serial and model number tag in the rear of the oven. Look for the copper symbol CU or aluminium AL or both
Now that is good to know! Thanks for watching :-)
Just got back from the scrap yard. Nice little copper score you got. Gj.
Nice 👍I was just out working in the shop and noticed tools are sweating ;-0 Not sure what I can do about that?
I have not seen a microwave Transform that was 100% copper since the early 1970s. It's all copper-clad nowadays! I have 5 or 6 different microwave Transformers I keep for electronic experiment purposes in the back room. I can only dream to find a 100% copper Transformer!👍
We were upgrading micro waves at the hotel. The Avanti brand had them.
I have done hundreds over the last 20 years, and you are right 90% was aluminum copper-clad wire. the magnetron tube it self has more copper, but can contain beryllium also, so be careful.
The ones we micro scrap have one of each.
Also dealer depending some buy electrical steel at a big bump from shredder prices. Not many keep it separate but some true mega places do.
Thanks for stopping by the channel... Ya would be nice, but none of my yards pay extra for it.
I've never found a double copper transformer. I found one a few months ago that was made is the early 90's and it was half copper and half aluminum.
I know it sucks... had a 50/50 one today. Keep your eye out for Avanti brand... Double the Pleasure :-)
Cardboard is an excellent heat insulator. It prevents heat transfer to the iron core which would melt all the windings by contributing to the heat generated by magnetic eddy currents within the soft iron core. These eddy currents are created by rapidly increasing and decreasing magnetic fields, which induce electrical fields within the iron as well.
Good to know... Thanks for checking out my channel :-)
Cool. I have my scrapping thing going on. Nice to see other hard workers here.
Thanks 👍 Stop back soon :-)
quite a few around me don't pickup microwaves because the yards charge for them unless you take them apart. so I get quite a few of them because I am 1 of the very few that actually tears their scrap apart for more money. I also get lot of fridges and air conditioners because they charge for those too if you take them in whole. I cut them up, I even take the copper out of the condensers on fridge and a.cs.
If you have the time why not. Thanks for stopping by the channel
Do you live in Canada or the northern US? I can't imagine a yard that wouldn't accept those materials.
@@ScrapperSam wisconsin. Microwaves are a $10 charge whole but if you take them apart and remove the megatron(?) or whatever that part that has the brillion in then you can get paid. i take them apart to take the copper out anyways so no problem to me. but someone throwing out a bad micrwave won't do that. fridge,freezers a.c. dehunidifiers or anything else with refridgerant in is a $20 charge no matter on size. if you remove it than you can get paid but you also need to have the dnr license to remove the freon which most scrappers don't have around here. don't show up with the condensers cut out without having that license, they will not take them from you. so it is easy to find these items dumped on back roads all the time. i always take different routes justin case, you never know what you will find getting off the main drag.s
Also you cannot just buy that license and think you are good. they will come out and make sure you are equipped to pull the freon out correctly. they were surprised i had 3 of those vacuum pumps here. when they heard i also work part time for a couple of heating and a.c. guys they knew i was aware on how to use the stuff correctly and signed off.
Do you chase the copper line set from the condensor up the back of the fridge too ? 🤣
I would have liked to have seen the micowave units that still have Cu windings. I guarantee that your vise won't last very long..don't ask me how I know. Nice hammer for weld cracking.
Thanks for stopping by the channel... I've found Avanti Brand, Double copper and Sanyo Brand, Copper/Alum. As for the vice... it has a life time guarantee :-)
Still got to enclude the time taking them out of a microwave, and yes you are lucky if you find one transformer out of every 5 microwaves that is copper ( and if it is it will only be the top windings ) and most are aluminium windings
Yes, getting harder and harder to find them. Think woodgrain :-) Thanks for stopping by the channel
that looked pretty easy , I got some old streetlights this summer , they have transformers in them 🙂
Yes, it can be done really quick. The cobra head lights are great for aluminum and copper transformers. Thanks for stopping by my channel.
You need to do the "scratch test". Sometimes what looks like copper is aluminum
Oh how I know that :-) Thanks for stopping by the channel.
Nice showing.
Thanks! Some people get it ;-) Thanks for watching.
Very interesting regardless of copper or aluminum it’s still worth money some cases I don’t even break my transformers down. I just take them out of the microwaves and I take them straight to the scrapyard where I’m at. They considered to quote a motor price so I still get two dollars a pound for it, but in my case it’s better to do it. That way to spend a whole day scrapping transformers. I might lose 100 bucks but whatever I’m still getting pretty good money for doing nothing but scrapping transformers some of the Maggotron. I also scrap I don’t deal with anything with wire, just not worth it and then the metal of the cabinet of the microwave itself is worth a little bit of money, not much and then streetlight the old cobra heads talking about money because of the old aluminum cobra street lights are worth money. I cleared out a Kmart one time that closed and I picked up over $5000 in a period of 24 hours scrapping out the cobra heads take all the transformers out take out the aluminum shields they don’t take the lightbulbs they don’t take the ceramic sockets at the bulbs fit in, but they will take the transformers, the aluminum shields and of course the overhead housing itself is aluminum when you gotta take out the glass and the cell is not worth it either so that’s another thing you should check into check out the old parking lots that are no longer can find out who owns it if there wasn’t let you take it down in case I got lucky so people bought out the store. They were changing out the lights and they gave me the cobra heads.
I find you come out better with the aluminum ones by selling them without taking them apart. Thanks for stopping by the channel :-)
That is cool my friend. 👍💪👍💪👍💪👍🇺🇸
Hey, glad you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by my channel :-)
Are used to work in the scrapping business most of the newer microwaves. Nowadays are not copper they are actually aluminum wire with copper coating. Only old microwaves and I’m talking from the early 2000s it’s just like a Lincoln 250 amp arc welder is not copper inside. It is aluminum wire inside which are crappy welders. You have to get the early model welders like that that have the copper wire in them. It’s very easy to tell the weight the true copper ones are really heavy. The aluminum ones are a lot lighter. Same thing with microwave ovens the older ones heavier because they’re copper, newer microwaves, are aluminum coated with copper
yes I know this... it is really a shame we don't make things well now days. Thanks for stopping by the channel :-)
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Good information thanks
Any time, thanks for watching.
I’m crying. That poor little transformer!
LOL, Thanks for stopping by the channel
@@thescrapmeister I love the idea of scrapping copper. I melt copper and cast for fun! But I’m also an electronics hobbyist and hate to see a transformer destroyed. If nothing else, be extra kind to the laminated iron sheets holding everything together. Those can be rewound to a new transformer. Still, I loved seeing the innards. lol!
I pull the transformer out of all of em, even if they're aluminum wound I still make em worth my time. My local yard has a loyalty program, I stash n em n take a lot in for 5cents more than normal irony aluminum
New subscriber always watching your videos❤❤
Welcome!! Thanks for subscribing :-)
Nice one m8
Thanks! Stay warm :-)
Great video. I have a few to do
Gotta Love double copper :-)
Most microwaves have the DOM on the sticker. Sharp and Panasonic are good one for copper
Really good to know! Thanks for watching :-)
What does that mean?
Which bit?
@@scotthoward4836 The DOM sticker?
Oh. DOM is Date Of Manufacture
Where did you get the music from? In the background? I’ve never heard that on KZhead music.
I had a lifetime membership to digital juice, they went out of business. I am still kicking... but there lifetime is over I guess.lol
What would you charge me for 1500 to 2000 watts copper windings transformers ??? I am experimenting with electricity and need a dozen Sir. Thanks
I currently don't have any. I'd check ebay :-) Thanks for watching.
That winding is wrapped up because there is 8000 volts on it! Throw the coils in acetone for a few minutes. All that cardboard will peel easily off. If you soak the whole transformers in acetone before disassembly, they will come apart easier. Keep in mind the flammability of the acetone. Soak outside in a bucket for an hour, pull them out & then drain & disassemble. The acetone will get dirty but will still work.
Good to know, Thanks for stopping by my channel :-)
Cool 😎
Thanks for stopping bye :-)
How much did you pay to get rid of the rest of the microwave? How much time did it take you to get the coils out of each microwave? Spare change but not even close to 360 an hour.
Sold the entire unit minus the plate, takes about 7 minutes to get all the copper items out of the microwave.
Don't feel bad, I suck at math too lol.😂
Always happens when filming :-) LOL Thanks for stopping by the channel.
I've picked up 20 microwave novena this year every one had all8windings un the transformers. So just throw them in the hard iron pile .and take the wire out and throw the rest into the shred pile
yes, some brands are that way... Thanks for stopping by the channel.
Thanks for the method of flipping it over (2 min mark) - always wasted time banging on the windings the opposite way.
Makes is go so much faster... Thanks for stopping by the channel :-)
Idk anything about scrapping, though I was hoping it would tell me how to disassemble one of these so that I could re-wind it myself. Anyway, One of the coils, the primary, takes about 120 Volts AC. The transformer turns that into around 2000 Volts AC, output by the secondary. The coil that's wrapped up is the dangerous secondary coil, in case there is some kind of stored energy somewhere you do NOT want to touch that coil
Cool good to know. Thanks for checking out my channel.
So which brand have them and which don't or do I have to learn the hard by getting them and searching ......???
I have found that the Avanti brand has copper other than that it is hit and miss. Thanks for stopping by the channel.
4.70 copper prices rose. Great video.
Then we would really profit :-) thanks for watching.
Good video
Thanks, nice to see you stopping bye Scorpion.
where do you find these microwaves and electric motors and such to harvest the copper??
I get most of my stuff from hotels... Make a simple flyer or business card. Start knocking on doors and talk to the maintenance men. Tell them you offer free pickup. Go to any businesses that generate scrap :-) Thanks for checking out my channel.
One of the coils(secondary) is much higher voltage, so it requires more insulation and isolation.
Yes... Thanks for watching.
So the manager at the scrap yard I sell to told me not to tear apart microwaves for that box because it's copper colored aluminum and not copper at all. Now I'm confused!
The transformers, the real heavy part can have Copper/Copper windings, Aluminum/Copper, or Alum/Alum it is getting harder and harder to find the Copper/Copper ones. I have found the copper/copper ones in older microwaves. Keep an eye on woodgrain ones. I also found many Avanti Brand have Copper/Copper. Their is other copper in them as well. The motor that turn the plate, almost always copper. the fan motor about 95% of the time copper. So I would rip them all open. Then use a rat tail file on the 2 windings in the transformer. If one or more is copper, Remove it. If not leave it in and just clip all the wire out, and grab the two small motors:-) Hope that helps.
Are there any magnets worth anything in a micro oven?
I didn't think of selling the magnets :-) I have sold the magnets from hard drives on eBay! I'll have to check to see what they sell for on ebay.
@@thescrapmeister... They are a little bigger Ferrite magnets (not Neodymium) from 2.5 Watt/8 ohm speaker magnets. The microwave magnets seem like they are stronger than the old 1960-70s speakers I finally removed due to weathered cone material ripping. The strength of the magnets seem to be there always in not letting two smash into each other plus not heat at any high temperatures I hear they'll lose their strength before needing to be reheated and remagnetized high voltage and high current for a short duration while cooling the ferrous iron. If they are worth at least $1 a magnet each (price paid for U shape magnets at science stores like $3.99) then they can be of value also. It is dependent on any school project magnet experimenter wanting bigger Ferrite somewhat strong magnets less powerful than Neodymium in computer hard drives or magnetic fishing magnets.
is the transformer housing made of steel or aluminum? r they worth scrapping??
It is just steel pieces layered together. It could go as prepared steel which pays a little more that shred. Thanks for stopping by the channel :-)
@@thescrapmeister thanks.
what brands should we look out for? also have you found any solution or trick to melt the crud off
My yard didn't have a problem with the paper tape crud on them :-) Avanti brand double copper transformers, Sanyo Brand - Copper / Alum. Hope that helps a little.
@@thescrapmeister was just wondering cause sometimes the wire is thick enough to be bare bright if there was no crud
@@ge3z3r94 They will always be #2 do to the shellac on the wire :-(
@@thescrapmeister makes sense it sucks though. but theres always other treasures
Good video! Subbed
Welcome aboard! Thanks for riding shotgun for me :-)
@@thescrapmeister anytime man!
New subscriber here my yard won’t take the paper do you think a wire wheel on the bench grinder would work?
It should...Try it or look for a different yard
It's #2 at best so they should accept at least some waste on it.
@@thatcanada my yard won’t they give you a #3 if the paper on it here
@@nicejunk666 those savages
Can you short the whole winding up with an electric charge, and soften that glue?
There is one thing everyone needs to know about electricity... You must respect it, the first time you don't it will knock you on your ass, or kill you! So no I would not try that :-) Thanks for checking out my channel.
Why do you save the red part? Is it valuable?
The red thing is insulated copper wire, so yes you can sell it too. Thanks for checking out my channel.
you are very lucky if you find a microwave that has been made in the last 5 years that has any copper in the transformers
I think it is more about the brand than the time. But yes, the older the better for finding copper. Look for the woodgrain models :-) Thanks for watching.
I know right in the last 30 I found probably only one had copper
Tin Man In Canada said he still finds new ones with copper but the video might be a year or two old. Perhaps his ratio is getting much worse as well.
I scratch the wire and mostly they are aluminum. I don't waste my time on the aluminum ones
Why are the aluminum ones a waste of time, what makes them not worth scraping and just about anything else that has aluminum wire?
My god you just gave me the simplest my to extract 😂😂😂 Thank you !
Glad I could help! I think? Thanks for stopping by my channel.
That's great but where did you find 18 microwaves????
You have to find hotel clients :-) keep it quite :-)
It's like George Harrison said: 🎼 Oh it's gonna take time A whole lotta precious time🎶
If im not wrong, most older power supplies in many things have these copper blocks
Many things have transformers... Even in some large speakers. Thanks for watching.
Most Scrap yards will take the Mircowave shell as light Iron, bouns $ added in.
Yes, plus the fan motor and the motor that turns the plate :-) Have an Awesome Christmas & a scrapping good New Year!
ty u 2, great work!@@thescrapmeister
Pound on that vice 😂
I know might not be the best for it. Thanks for watching.
How long does it take you to take the transformer out of the microwave?
I can remove all the copper from a microwave in 7 minutes. Thanks for checking out my channel.
How long did it take to remove transformer from each microwave
Takes 8 minutes to scrap out a microwave:-)
when calculating the return, you also have to calculate the amount of time it took you to obtain and transport costs
yes, I agree :-) thanks for watching hope you'll check out my other videos too.
A friend has a farm that was used as a dumping station for ole industrial motors some that are about as big as a vw bug. I would say there is probably 2 semi truck loads. He said I could have it if I remove it. I should start breaking them down this spring. I would think there is 10k lbs just in copper. Then 5x that in steel. Cast iron and aluminum. I also have 3 huge sail boat keels I need to cut into manageable size to recycle. Probably 20k lbs in lead. Only thing I can think of is buy a cheap chainsaw and cut them up. Allot of work.
Now that sounds like a honey hole... get in there and start on it as soon as you can. Things can change in a minute! Thanks for checking out my channel.
I'd be all over that
When I scrap microwaves out I'm lucky if I get copper transformers every now and then 1 side will be copper
keep and eye for Avanti Brand... Copper both windings :-)
@@thescrapmeister I'll do that for sure. Thanks
When I was a kid back in the 70's, I remember seeing these strange looking E's and I's all over the creek bed and had zero clue what they were... Lol. It wasn't until years later I found out. Evidently someone was tearing these transformers apart for the copper wiring and tossing the E's and I's in the creek. Funny how some things don't changed, people still stripping for copper.
It's funny they didn't sell the steel too.
@@thescrapmeister perhaps maybe because it was more iron in it than steel and wasn't worth messing with?
Might be, or maybe they didn't have a way to transport all the weight. Maybe homeless people or drunks LOL Who knows but it is interesting.@@garyr7027
@@thescrapmeister lol, scrapers needin quick beer money 😂
How old was the microwave they came from? I've scrapped over 50 microwaves and havent seen a transformer that wasn't ally wire yet. Newer ones dont even have a transformer. I now only scratch the transformer wires to see theyre ally, then throw it in the heavy steel. Rip the wires out and cut the cord. And ive scrapped all the top brand names and no copper yet.
I get most all the microwaves from hotels... Avanti brand seams to always be double copper, Micro Fridge have 50/50 copper/Aluminum windings. Thanks for checking out my channel.
That winding that is well protected can produce enough power that is used in an electric chair
Good to know... Thanks for stopping by my channel :-)
Is there an easy way to tell what brands have mostly copper?
I have found the Avanti Brand has double copper, at least everyone I have taken apart. and Sonya have one copper? Hope that helps and thanks for checking out my channel.
Great video sir thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Which brand is all copper usually they are copper and Alluminum
Avanti Brand has copper/copper I have yet to find one that doesn't :-)
Were these really copper or aluminium windings? The weight is a dead giveaway...
They were copper or copper/aluminum:-)
Get yourself some digital scales, more accurate and can weigh up to 2kg or more depending which ones you buy!! Great work.
Thanks for the tip! I do have them :-)
Did you fie noth for copper???
??? not sure of your question :-)
If they're newer at least half that is aluminum. Sometimes one side is copper.
Yes, Must always check both... Thanks for stopping by the channel!
He said "number two"! =)
Yup! Thanks for watching.
Aren't they worth more as a transformer if they work?
Yes, if you can find the people that want to buy them. Selling them on ebay just leads to issues. The people know if they contact ebay and say it didn't work. Ebay gives them their money back out of my account. So I lose money on that deal.
It would be nice to know those brands to look for?
I name some in my other videos :-) Thanks for watching.
Would it hurt to burn the cardboard off?
Most yards will not take burned wire. Thank for stopping by.
Man I just knew your gonna smash your hand .. 😵💫
I'll have to watch it again... I don't remember smashing my hand :-)
@@thescrapmeister you didn’t my friend but you had me nervous 😬
I've been pounding nails sense I was little, my Father would bring home scrap wood and nails of all sizes straight and bent. He would tell me to see how many I could pound before he got home from work. Thanks for watching :-) @@truefacts404
I always just leave the paper and tape on the copper coils. Its all counted as #2 copper anyways (since its coated in lacquer) so its a waste to fiddle around cleaning it up
I totally agree, it should not matter. However, the yards around here down grade it if it is not removed. Sucks!
Using these to make free energy devices for small generators works better !
I guess... I that is what your into :-) Thanks for stopping by the channel and checking it out!
I would say the transformer it is worked would sell for more on ebay then the copper would bring at a scrap yard.
I would agree... however, shipping is expensive and you would just be looking for issues with returns. Just saying.
So you don't have to separate each little metal plate in the transformer to get the copper out ?
No... It can be removed in less than a minute :-) Thanks for watching.
Not sure where the word send it came from but when i used to cook , when a order was done we wouls say send it
Derek at @ProjectShopFL says it a lot :-) Thanks for checking out my channel.
When they melt the windings the minuscule weight in the wire coating is gone it burns off. What their doing is a rip off, it would be lucky 2 be 2grams of coating. Penny pinching its called
Yes, the same thing with fine copper wire... They say it is #2 because it is not thick enough. When it melts it is the same as #1 It's just how they get the copper at a lower price :-(
Not bad
Yes, the hard part is getting enough microwaves :-)
How do you make $360 an hour?
you have to do 60 an hour :-)
high voltage/low voltage about the wrapping
yes, thanks :-) Glad you stopped by my channel.
Now I just need a time machine
Back to the Future :-) Thank would be awesome.
The coated copper wire is graded at #2 coated wire unless you strip the coating off of it. It is only worth $1 a lbs. as coated wire. If you mix it in with your #2 clean copper some yards will down grade the whole batch to $1 a lbs. And if you tell them you will take it some where's else they will tell you not to ever come back. You tried to sell them lower grade material mixed in with higher grade, claiming it was all higher grade. They don't like that. :)
Yes, I'm not sure how Derek @projectshopFL gets away with it down in Florida? Thanks for checking out my channel.
got a vid smashing out the transformers
There are a couple :-) It is easier to take the screws out though. Thanks for watching.
That's great but I live in Saskatchewan where finding free microwaves is next to impossible. It was ok in BC, I had a house full of stuff to scrap. But here it sucks. Valu Village sells 476,879-year-old microwaves for 20 bucks each. at the weight you showed, at 4 bucks a pound, that's $11.50. I'd be losing $8.50 on every microwave. This province sucks for scrappers and recyclers and repurposers. In BC there were plenty of places you could get microwaves, TVs, appliances, or just about anything. At every landfill there was a shed that you could take stuff OUT of for free. At the bottle/electronics depots you could take anything you wanted as long as it hadn't made it inside yet, and people would drop off electronics by the door and the staff would take it inside. Curbside scrapping was seldom there but it was there, people don't put things curbside in Saskatchewan. Any scrap bin was fair game unless it had a lock and fence, or a no trespassing sign. That was in BC. Saskatchewan SUCKS!!!!
Yes, finding them in numbers and free is hard. I get them from my Hotel contacts. Thanks for watching.
Size of copper makes it #1 or #2 pencil lead size like house wire and up is #1 fine wires less size than house wire is #2
The shellac on the wire in transformers will make it #2 even if it is a larger size wire.
. Seems like the older microwaves would be most likely to have the copper since everything is made so cheap and disposable these days.
You got that right... look for the wood grain ones :-) Thanks for stopping by the channel!
@thescrapmeister The magic chef! 1983.
Good thing you clarified you’re not an electrical engineer .!! 😂😂😂
The Magnatron has that deadly dust from it -- if any gets in your lungs ? You deal with that ?
Only if you brake the ceramic piece which you obviously shouldn't. It's easy enough to get the copper core out of the magnatron without breaking the ceramic part
I agree with @ScappingScotland
@@ScrappingScotland As long as you're not crushing it up and snorting lines of it you'll be fine.
@Reloadthis dang there goes my hobby then :/ lol Yrs scrapped a number of microwaves and transformers. The "electrical Steel" is a lot more valuable than regular shreds too if u can find a dealer buying it that way
@@markmatt9174 That guy knows how to ruin a weekend.
13 min vid, with fast forward, 1 min to extract copper plus remove card board, more time, 18 units took u 15 min? but! im impressed , ur very good at this! good job man!, plus getting those 18 microwaves would be ur biggest problem, but not 15 min...
id try hvac equpiment, they may.. have 100% copper in transformers
Yes, getting them is the hard part. Luckily I have a hotel that is upgrading there microwaves and they are double copper. 126 rooms, 126 microwaves :-)
Agree... at age 62 though, I just don't have the drive to go nuts contacting contractors. Plus, my location limits how much I can take in, unless I wanted to rent storage and that cost money, and is a lot of work moving stuff from storage to my little shop to take apart :-)
Hhhhmmmmm, i think i have a VERY good source for these at nearly unlimited numbers. Not from microwaves, but from battery back up power supplies. Ill have to see what the windings are, im pretty sure theyre copper though judging by the weight
I'd be on that like white on rice! Thanks for stopping by the channel
So maybe $45. Then you have to spend your gas to get there. Plus there's the time for getting the transformer out of the microwave itself, hoping there's actually even copper in it. This is a great idea for keeping retirees busy lol
I guess not everyone can be a Walmart Door Greeter :-) Thanks for watching.
And yes I've scrapped about everything known to man including microwaves appliances including taking the electric motors out of the compressors off of refrigerators air-conditioners ect.
Cool, it is always good to rip everything to learn what is in stuff and if it is worth going after. Thanks for watching.
Looks like ya could use a hydraulic wood splitter to break those down.
LOL, You might be on to something there :-) Thanks for stopping by the channel.
That would only mash them. Time to get out the hacksaw or angle grinder.
How much is copper a pound?
I didn't check today... but it is real close to $4.00 a pound. Thanks for watching.
Where I live you made $39.20 what a haul you got yourself 2 crack rocks
Ya not so much :-)
Musics good not too loud
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One was wrapped by the apprentice!🤣
LOL, maybe :-) Thanks for checking out my channel.