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| starwarsgeek171 |
Posted - 05/11/2008 : 18:06:16
Is the lighter copper found in common wires a better grade than the darker wire coiled around the magnets? Sorry, I'm new to this. |
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| USNavySubSailor |
Posted - 05/24/2008 : 13:19:15
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Originally posted by starwarsgeek171
Thanks ElDee and US Navy. Very helpful. This scrapping is fun!
No problem. I think it's fun also. Finally a hobby that I can actually make money with! And you don't have to be good at it either. You can actually suck at this and still make some money. I'm in the navy, so only work with other sailors. For some reason, I can't get any of them to help me out, partner up, etc with this. I hear nothing but complaints about the economy, bills, the price of gas, etc, but I can't get anyone to help me make some easy money. With a couple people, a truck, the right tools, etc, we could make a killing. I'd even be willing to say that we could make more money doing this than what we get in our Navy paychecks. |
| Saul Mine |
Posted - 05/24/2008 : 01:06:33
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Originally posted by fiatboy
What about the red- and silver-colored copper?
Quite often wires will be plated with tin, especially in a two conductor cable. That is so they can tell one conductor from the other. That shouldn't affect the value as long as it's copper inside the plating. |
| starwarsgeek171 |
Posted - 05/13/2008 : 09:47:58
Thanks ElDee and US Navy. Very helpful. This scrapping is fun! |
| fiatboy |
Posted - 05/13/2008 : 02:19:48
Thanks! 
Now I have a better understanding of the big wads of copper wire I've been saving. |
| USNavySubSailor |
Posted - 05/13/2008 : 00:20:17
I'm pretty sure that they first grade it by size (16 and higher is #1 Bright). If it meets the size requirement, but is dirty, has been burned, painted, coated, etc, it's just #1, which is a few cents less than #1 bright. Anything smaller is #2, which is about 20 cents less a pound. If it has varnish and is big enough, it's #1, if it's small, then it's #2. No need to scrape off the varnish, just take it in like it is. |
| El Dee |
Posted - 05/12/2008 : 09:02:50
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Originally posted by fiatboy
What about the red- and silver-colored copper?
It's the color of the varnish. Scrape it and it looks like normal copper. |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 05/12/2008 : 06:19:47
Not sure about that. Around here, clean copper is clean copper. I could be getting ripped off, but then again, I don't come across as much of that, (red and silver colored). I've found some red looking copper wire that was actually aluminum....
Deal |
| fiatboy |
Posted - 05/12/2008 : 02:40:01
What about the red- and silver-colored copper? |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 05/11/2008 : 19:54:25
As long as it is clean it should fetch #1 prices. It does here.
Deal |
