I am beggining my journey in the crap metal business, specifically copper. I am aware I can find copper in cable cords, washer, fridges thing like that. I was hoping you guys could guide me to where I could find a copper gold mine inside. Basically any item that have high copper content, so I dont waste to much time cutting power cables off old appliances. Thanks and god bless!
I've got a collection of pennies going on.
Irreparable transformers ,generators, under ground cables and cooling tubes
Uh, yeah....good luck with that! I know a lot of people are looking for copper to take to the scrap yard.
Old CRT TVs and monitors have it in the deflection yoke on the back of the tube and in the flyback transformer. Don't go after it unless you know how to discharge them. Old, heavy microwave ovens have big transformers inside that need to be disassembled to get the copper out. There's also miscellaneous wire inside everything. None of this pays unless you're setting up a true recycling operation where you can deal with all the rest of it, though. If you want to break up large motors you get steel, aluminum and copper. It's a lot of work, but if you can set up to do it you might be able to deal with a scrapyard to buy the motors and sell back the separated metals. When a big motor has been stripped, the shell has iron inside with an aluminum jacket shrunk around it. Beat it with a sledgehammer and it'll split. The ends are aluminum, but you need to press the bearings out. They don't want aluminum if it has steel attached. Copper? There's a bunch of it there, but you're on your own. Get a big saw. You get the highest price for enameled wire if it's been burned and rinsed and free of connectors and solder.
