👇🏾 below 👍🏾 Copper tends to yield the most money compared to other recyclable scrap metal. If you renovate your home or own a business that produces junk metal, consider recycling it for extra cash. Most copper wire requires a little prep work to command the highest price. It often has insulation or other attached components that brings its value down. Collect scrap copper wire until you have about 20 lbs. or more, remove the components and bring it to a recycling center to sell. 1. Separate your copper wire into grades. Grade three includes copper foil and other thin pieces of copper. Grade two includes copper wire that is corroded, tarnished or painted. Grade one copper wire is clean and has no paint, varnish or any other alterations. Recycling centers pay the most for grade one wire and the least for grade three. 2. Call local recycling centers and junk or scrap centers and ask about their current copper prices. The price of copper fluctuates often and you might find a better deal depending on where you go. Ask each recycling center if they give you a lower price for your copper wire that still has insulation attached to it. 3. Remove any metallic components the copper wire might have. These can include end fittings and brass connectors. Removing these components raises the value of the copper, but leave them on if they do not come off easily with your hands. 4. Strip the insulation off if the recycling center pays less for wire with insulation. Slide a sharp knife along the insulation and peel it off. Small-gauge copper wire is challenging to strip; if you have trouble, leave the wire as is and avoid risking injury to your hands. 5. Bring your copper wire to the recycling center and watch while the clerk weighs it. Ensure that none of the wire hangs over the edge of the scale. The clerk calculates the price he will pay you based on how heavy the copper wire is. Things Needed Warnings Avoid burning copper wire to remove the insulation. (reference 2) Avoid selling to recycling centers or scrap dealers who use portable scales. These scales can become inaccurate and you might make less for your wire. How do you recycle copper wire? How do you clean scrap copper wire? What is the scrap price for copper wire? Can you scrap copper wire?

@wischiwaschi1204

4 жыл бұрын

Alter wenn ich dich in deinen Badelatschen seh wird mir schlecht

@satishgori9126

3 жыл бұрын

Hi

@satishgori9126

3 жыл бұрын

Give me contact no ber

@castelaronly

3 жыл бұрын

PCB = CANCER . NADA DE PROTECCIÓN QUE MAL QUE TRABAJAN AHI

@bilgikupu2946

3 жыл бұрын

Ttt

An interesting episode, I also dismantled such a large transformer :)

O.H & S would have a field day there lol

Thats a big one!!Damn....💪👍👍👍

Wow, "safety sandals" -- so much more comfortable than the steel toe work boots, and other other safety items they insist we wear at work....

ReCycling is Resourcefulness at it's Best !! 🇨🇦

Thanks for uploading this video

I love how they spin the wrench a quarter turn and then take it off and put it back on, just spin it in a circle really fast and then the bolt will come off faster lol

@ciaranharrington4141

3 жыл бұрын

If you look closely he has a lifting lug in his way, a battery impact would be the ticket, but he only has a ring spanner so he is limited in his operational capacity. Plus he has all day and little to show for it, you don't want to wreck yourself

Nice work there lad's cheers from Scott's recycling ♻️ 👍

I have scraped a large 500KVA dry transformer already and let me tell you it was a lot of work and I had power tools. The good part was I got $3500.00 for the copper

these men are really talented at what they do. I scrap so i have some idea of what they are doing. image how much more they would process with some battery or pneumatic tools.

Nice 👌.. If that fell on his foot don't think he would be happy 😊

Bro be living my wildest dream rn

It's easy to see that workers protection is of paramount importance at this plant...

Those open toed sandals look totally OSHA approved and safe.

great good tehnikal video!!!!

All the correct safety gear ....

Gracias por su explicación del Bobinado.

Isn’t the oil carcinogenic ?? I may be mistaken but years ago an old guy told me there were PCB’s in commercial transformer oil.

@brianbarrett3468

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe it to be extremely toxic to humans and most animals

@buckbundy8642

5 жыл бұрын

No. It’s made from seed oils.

@ryanjones7543

5 жыл бұрын

I noticed transformers from some electronics I took apart had an odor, almost metallic smell....wh at is that?

@galeselvage4002

5 жыл бұрын

yes you are right

@blitzerrrrrrr

5 жыл бұрын

If the oil was made before the seventies it had pcb'sin it. todays oil is mostly mineral oil or silicone oil, silicone being cheaper to insure because it doesnt burn if the transformer caught on fire, example a lightning strike or a short in one of the coils.

If only could find some of those on the curb once in a while

@hippywomg

3 жыл бұрын

i wish i wish

@lucifchristo

3 жыл бұрын

You should see the Transformers Inside old forklift battery chargers I bought one from a scrap yard for 50 bucks and within an hour had 60 lb of copper from these two Transformers inside of it alone and the windings were half inch square pieces of copper not actual wire

@eyeopener1993

2 жыл бұрын

I found 1 on some wasteland the other day heavy didn't have oil it had grease in it.

First time to see inside high voltage transformer

I wish i had that copper in my back yard L O L . interesting video, chuck out.

@GM-mj6nm

5 жыл бұрын

Ihope you put that oil on your salade.LOL

@AbdulWahab-li9ri

5 жыл бұрын

:D

@AbdulWahab-li9ri

5 жыл бұрын

@@GM-mj6nm :D

These people would benefit greatly from some power tools

Watching this video makes me realise there’s more than meets the eye....

nice to see such large transformers, but would be nice to have a place where you can collect the remaning oil of the parts, not the soil...

These guys are working with tools from the stone age.

Who else would rather hear the natural background sound rather than the over dubbed elevator music?

@DdDddd-ep4vz

3 жыл бұрын

I would any day.

Those guys working in that yard in sandals....damn how many toes been lopped off!

@vladnickul

5 жыл бұрын

say thanks they are not barefooted

Mmmm.... i love the taste of PCB-oil in the morning

Wow that's amazing And thanks for sharing the details....I had no idea.....how much does it cost new and how much as scrap? I'm curious and thanks for the update.

@mccc4559

3 жыл бұрын

@CYRUS DAWSON thank you, you're awesome!

What about the health hazards of PCB's to the workers? Other than that the copper would be good.

@paullosasso7147

4 жыл бұрын

Ron Johnson they have their osha supplied safety crocs on, its fine

@wally8075

3 жыл бұрын

@@paullosasso7147 lmao

@keirstin2010

8 ай бұрын

Yes that's the best way to assure the workers have a bout with some form of, usually brain cancer In the future. The oil is toxic/radioactive. I've handled such oil in my younger years one time and was surprised to find simply allowing it to get on my hands was enough to cause my mouth to become completely numb. I quickly realized I shouldn't be playing with that crap. It's almost not worth going after the copper due to having to deal with the oil which almost always finds it's way into the ground at the spot where the transformer is dropped/stolen off the telephone pole.

If only they had the proper tooling they could finish in a quarter of the time.

@user-kx3xg1dk8p

5 жыл бұрын

they are getting paid a quarter of the day

@dr.a006

4 жыл бұрын

Same thing I thought in the first 30 seconds when they had hand wrenches

я в детстве также добывал медь из трансформаторов на электроподстанции

@user-yo2yd5wd3u

3 жыл бұрын

а потом бегал от милиции))) я из списаного воен оборудования и старых телевизоров и мониторов добывал

I really don't mind to get the copper, but watching how a machine like this is built inside

antes vi video empresa USA,MUY LIMPIA ,con maquinas hasta para ir al baño. y no me sorprenderia fuese filial este taller empresa de la anterior empresa, aqui con la minima herramienta y aunque tratan de no contamirar lo hacen y se esponen fisicamente,sin siquiera botas de seguridad o sea es traspatio de USA. De seguro.

Très cool

I wish I could get my hands on some of those transformers

1$ for 1L of transformer oil? WOW! Give me a contact

Шутка формата "теперь понятно откуда дорогущее масло идемитсу берётся" была?

What was the secondary voltage of the first one i never seen 4 secondary terminals only 3

@Electromaniac420

Жыл бұрын

3 phases and neutral

Шихтовал я такие трансформаторы в Барнауле...

Gotta admire their hard work. But... from the scrap from one transformer you could have a nice battery impact. Get that shot done three times as fast making three times the cash.

OMG, This must be Mexico. In the USA even the 'non-PCB oil has some PCBs in it as both were made in the same plant. Now of course, nowadays totally non PCB oil is used. IT MIGHT be that non PCB oil was used in these countries as PCB oil was more expensive. By the way oil is used as an insulator.

Some large xformers are worth many times the copper value.

and the average lifespan of these workers, exposed to PCBs all manner of industrial toxins and happy to have a job.

I wonder if they check for pcbs in the oil

für 100kg Kupfer bekommst in Gernany 500 € 18000 Bath

@MakeGold

4 жыл бұрын

Good copper price

Nice sandals

they need a pnuematic socket drive. it would make quick work of the nuts and bolts

@kellydouglas9402

5 жыл бұрын

they are wearing flip flops bro.....

Mein Gutester das gibt bei uns viel Kohle beim Schrotti bei so viel Kupfer metall

Where can I find those transformers in U.S ? I want to buy them for their copper wiring inside. I need 2000MT per month.

This is an electric power company recycling depot. These people don't make money recycling, they get paid dismantling. All these still belongs to the power company. So dream on people

@MRlebellion

5 жыл бұрын

highyly dangerous too, highly toxic

did it have any electronics inside?why was that part skipped??

They did that the hard way lol once you have the copper bearing parts you toss them into a nice hot fire with wood over the top of that and it won't even smoke

@CoalCrackerCummins

5 жыл бұрын

All you have to do is dunk it in water and it's number 2 copper it's like 10 cents a pound less lol

Миллионеры! )

Does anyone know where I can get 23456...... of these transformers from and a pair of those safety sandals from.

it would be quicker with an impact wrench ?

On his Flip flops 🚑

Bei uns Plastiktüten verbieten und dort literweise Altöl im Erdreich versickern lassen. Wie krank! Na wenigstens haben sie teilweise Handschuhe an.

In my country Nigeria, we prefer to refurbish it than to scrap it

Isn't that oil PCB oil , handle with care a and avoid direct contact on your exposed skin, rubber gloves guys. Probably need some respirators as well. Careful disposal of oil is a must it is full of dioxin if I remember correctly.

Probably would get more for it as a scrap transformer lol.

@knightowl5729

5 жыл бұрын

Mystery Buyer nope

Belle le scarpe anti infortunistica. Ľ olio fenolico ci friggi il pranzo o lo butti nel fiume?

2:31 that is an interesting fygocentric pump.What is their standard price ?

Achoque i vicar louco i rico de tanto tira fio

they need a compressor and some impact tools.

I'm sure they did proper tests for PCB's

12:53 на твк110лм похож. Только побольше

@OldSkoolF

3 жыл бұрын

PCB's just dripping on the ground.. LOL

Bet they only got like $5 per transformer, would make a lot more here in the STATES

Сколько меди в них😍😍😍

@user-rq2zi9yd4n

8 ай бұрын

Good question. That's what I've been trying to know. Who can help

With all the money they're making you figure they could afford some power tools it go a lot faster but I guess over there labour is cheap

Que hacen con el aceite ?

Super bro

All that copper is heaven for tweakers

I wonder how many galllons of PCB laden oil has been poured out on the ground at that site.

aluminum is normal is the low voltage side of the transformers

El PCB no es peligroso?

Mga bossing, meron ba kayong for sale na scrap electric power transformer.? Very interesting sir..

This should have been titled "How to die before you reach 50 yrs old". I'm sure the owner is sitting at home, far enough away from those PCB's.

Supar

I wonder if they have an accident book if he drops a copper coil on his flip flop and watches his toes fall off.?? He'll be OK though..

Man beachte die Sicherheitsschuhe, sowie das PCB haltige Transformatorenöl im Boden. Wie war das noch mit Umweltschutz?

Ключь трещётку купите так быстрее😂

@user-vf3bj9qg4l

4 жыл бұрын

хех

dont use security boots?

@kevinsukdolak5007

5 жыл бұрын

No osha in 3rd world

@tanjaoli4ever427

5 жыл бұрын

It's also the first thing that came to mind when I saw them. The 2nd being that they did not have a mask either (like the gases contained in these transformers) and that anyway they did not protect not the soil on which they dismounted their stuff ... So I stopped the video because frankly I do not see the interest of showing the destruction of our Earth by pronouncing a so-called "ecological recycling" !!! Pfff, a beautiful bunch of morons beach tap !!!

@brazilonline8154

4 жыл бұрын

Which country is that? Sandals for total security kkkkk

Uh hah...now I see why people go crazy when a telephone pull falls down..

@Tsamokie

4 жыл бұрын

telephone pole*

How many kilos of copper in this kind of big transformer? I am just asking refference, pls. Reply!

Put some steel cap boots on ya feet

Duh! Wat's PCB??? :)

@patprop74

5 жыл бұрын

Right!!!! lol that was my first thought too! do you even think those poor works knows, they are swimming in Polychlorinated biphenyls contaminates !

Only in other countries can you wear sandals instead of work boots to a dangerous job site.

What about PCB's?

how much do you cost 1 kilogram of copper and aluminum?

@omerfarukari4447

5 жыл бұрын

copper sells for 6$ - 4,30$ per kg allumiun sells for 1,50$ - 1$ per kg in my country (Turkey)

Only in the Orient will ya see a busted ass forklift used as a crain

title needs to be how to make another Superfund site.

Very high oil contamination of soil.

Grade! +

Open toe shoes. Cloth gloves, for some. No eye protection. Would imagine personal safety equipment is a bring your own there. Some of those transformers look pretty old. Wonder if the oil they are selling for a $1 a liter has PCB's?

@jagatrumbuki2754

3 жыл бұрын

Bala pkuds

For a second I thought that lift was a fucking makeshift tank 0_o

Why do you have so many transformers!!! and where can i find so many?!

@LubckeEnjoyer

3 жыл бұрын

@CYRUS DAWSON Or you can make high voltage

Where is this at?

@knightowl5729

5 жыл бұрын

David Adams 🌮 land

If one of them transformers drop on their feet ..these chaps are not going to be happy