I always strip fan motors when I find them. I use a small bolt cutter and snip all the windings on one side, then put it in a vice and pull the windings out with a pry bar. For me, it makes sense to break things down as far as possible..

@joshuamorris9050

Жыл бұрын

Yea I use a grinder nd buzz them

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Good strategy

@michaelmcguiggan9394

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuamorris9050 Same Angel Grinder one side and the get a screwdriver under the other side.

I've been using a Dewalt variable speed jigsaw with a short metal cutting blade. Mount the motor shaft in a vise. Flip the jig saw upside down so the blade is cutting across on top of the winding (angle it so the end of the blade does not strike against the motor shaft), and just zip through. Go around to all the outside windings and then flip the assembly over, lock it in the vise again, and pry up with a screwdriver or a pry bar.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Good tips!

You get about .6 to 1LB only not Pound & Half, We get 45 to 50 Cents a pound not worth scrapping sell as motor

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Are you referring to selling as a unit? Or priced once stripped?

@tghepburn1390

Жыл бұрын

@@iScrapApp I think @CanadianTreasureHunter is giving the price for Small/medium motors. One Calgary yard, there was a price jump for motors (and transformers) from 25 to 45 cents per lbs. At 45 cents it is not worth it - for me - to strip out the copper. Also, copper yield is not that great from fan motors but easy / simple to do. Thanks for the video!

I retrieved 2 lbs from three fans. I use sheet metal snips to cut the copper loop and pull it through from the other side . They are fairly easy. It helps if you put it a vise.

@iScrapApp

2 ай бұрын

very good tip!

Thanks

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

💚♻

The tool to cut that wire is a cable cutter. There are many different types of tools called cable cutters, you want one made for large diameter cable. Some bolt cutters, high leverage end cut bolt cutters, and large nail nippers will do. A sharp wood chisel is fine as long as you don't hit steel. All of those tools are shearing instead of sawing and removing some of the copper. Look up some specialty tools marketed towards electric motor rebuilders. There are jigs designed to remove windings from motors so they can be rewound.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips

@aredditor4272

Жыл бұрын

Hey, one of the busier vloggers that posts PGM containing ewaste refining videos, recently posted a video showing the most valuable computer chips, and the gold content in grams per chip. I forget the name of the channel, but it looks like he's based in South Asia.

I always sell motors. I don't take them apart I have found that often the wieght is in the steel.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Fair enough

@michaelwillcutt2619

Жыл бұрын

Actually the copper is worth as much as the metal in a celling fan

@KillerKolt44

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelwillcutt2619 yeah but my labor is valuable

@number8killer383

11 ай бұрын

@@KillerKolt44 I agree with you. I don’t take those apart- I just turn them in as motors.

I do the thin cut off wheel and go around the whole motor copper parts make a thin cut . Flip it over and use my snips and just pry the copper out! I have yet to run by an aluminum one and have done hundreds of them. I think because they are always older fans I find in AZ. Scrap on!

@joshuamorris9050

Жыл бұрын

That’s the best way does t hurt the hands or throw copper

@joecoelho7030

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuamorris9050 doesn't really hurt your hands you get into a rhythm breaking them down. Make sure you wear some gloves and safety glasses it does throw sparks! No copper is thrown I cuts it so fast and the copper is locked in until you free it from the other side. I try and do 10-20 at a time just more efficient with your time! Scrap on!

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Scrap on dude 🙌

@sportsfan1435

7 ай бұрын

Just opened 3 ceiling fan motors, and was disappointed to see all 3 had aluminum windings. Now I'm wondering if it even pays to take those apart anymore.

@joecoelho7030

7 ай бұрын

​@@sportsfan1435anything is possible these days! Like I said before maybe I see more copper ones because they are older ones where I live. I literally just found about 10 fans during bulk trash but have not opened them up yet! I guess time will tell if they are copper or not. I am starting to see more aluminum motors in everything these days unfortunately. Used to be all pool motors were copper not anymore! Still pisses me off when u break one down and its aluminum! I try and scratch the windings with a screwdriver before I open the motor to see if its copper but sometimes you can't get to the inside until you break the motor down. I did a motor the other day and half was aluminum and half was copper that really sucked. Just like in the newer transformers! Now my scrap yard pays me for that . Never used to he that way they were always copper! Manufacturers trying to make things cheaper and cheaper these days! No wonder nothing last anymore! Best of luck!

I have yet to find a ceiling fan motor that is made out of aluminum. I've taken apart close to 20 different fans and cut out the copper with snips. Ive gotten down taking these motors apart down to a science now and even made tools to help press out the bearings and the shaft with just my bench vises. Half the time people are willing to just give you the fans and are more profitable for copper compared to microwaves or TVs now at least for my area in Missouri

@joshuamorris9050

Жыл бұрын

Older microwaves or range microwave combos tend to have copper transformers or at least half nd half

@izzydo3494

Жыл бұрын

@joshuamorris9050 Yeah, that's true, I tore apart a Panasonic 1984 microwave, and both coils were copper from Japan. I just don't find enough older microwaves where I'm at.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Wow. How do you get so many fans?

I fill 5 gallon buckets with the windings packing them as I go. They usually weigh 75 pounds or so each.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Nice!

Appreciating your work. Love from India 💕 One Day I will Establish my own Empire across the whole World will meet you.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

🙌

If time is something you look at then no. It definitely isn't worth taking the copper out!

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

You do you!

thank you for this video, i did not know ceiling fan Wire was different from Bear bright, so Bear Bright needs to be Separate than Ceiling fan or other small motor Wire ?

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped. Typically yes you need to separate

What do you guys at Rockaway pay for those shellac copper windings? I see #2 bus bar, but nothing about lower grades of stripped copper wire. Is it the same as pipe? Last time I went, I got a Burnt Copper classification for badly tarnished bare. Just curious.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

we pay slightly cheaper than a number two for it

@CakeZRqGoTR

Жыл бұрын

@@iScrapApp Thanks. What do you guys qualify as number two wire? Tarnished?

I like taking wheel bearings off of these motor windings. That’s all i gotta say on that.

Great video thanks

A sharp ax and a small sledge. Five or six precision hits will cut your windings in half.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Aggressive way to go.

Scrap you later ✋🇺🇸

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Back at ya 😎👍👍

Ten minutes or less for the blower motor less than five minutes for ceiling fan motor

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

That fast? You're speedy

@endfedinctaxonindividuals7486

7 ай бұрын

@@iScrapApp obv the more you do these. More efficient one becomes!! Once you get to this stage. Then it can be worth it!

Some places don't want them taken apart.

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Gotta find a new place 😎👉👉

You need to sharpen or buy new cutters

@joshuamorris9050

Жыл бұрын

Should be using a cut off wheel

@michaelwillcutt2619

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuamorris9050 sharpened cutters are best grinder makes copper dust which causes sickness anywhere from sinus to lungs

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

We'll bug Tom about it 😅

the goal of the video is to discourage you from taking them apart and selling them as a whole motor, hence why he didnt give the motor price

@iScrapApp

Жыл бұрын

Why would we discourage it, then actively show you how to do it? It's always worth to disassemble if you can, to get the best price