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novillero
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Posted - 08/11/2010 :  13:20:03  Show Profile Send novillero a Private Message
I was just reading a thread which mentioned copper wiring in Christmas lights (I have a bunch I was going to toss out but I'll save it now).

But that got me wondering what other everyday things that would normally get tossed yet have copper parts?

P.s. How hard is it to separate the copper from the plastic coating of the outdoor lights?

rambo_k9
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Posted - 08/11/2010 :  13:48:52  Show Profile Send rambo_k9 a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by novillero

I was just reading a thread which mentioned copper wiring in Christmas lights (I have a bunch I was going to toss out but I'll save it now).

But that got me wondering what other everyday things that would normally get tossed yet have copper parts?

P.s. How hard is it to separate the copper from the plastic coating of the outdoor lights?



Not hard, just time consuming. I look in everything for copper, aluminum, etc. Two reasons, money and the whole green thing. If it conducts electricity, don't throw it out. Just a small motto I go buy for copper. I strip as much wire as I can but after a while I just toss it in the #2 bucket. All the best with it and I'm off to look for our broken Christmas lights..lol

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messymessy
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Posted - 08/11/2010 :  22:18:48  Show Profile Send messymessy a Private Message
Snip and pitch the bulb sockets, but don't bother to strip the wire. Just sell it as insulated. It's really not worth your time to strip wire that small.

Edited by - messymessy on 08/11/2010 22:19:19
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pencilvanian
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Posted - 08/13/2010 :  22:04:57  Show Profile Send pencilvanian a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by novillero



...what other everyday things that would normally get tossed yet have copper parts?



I pulled a little bit of copper wire from a digital watch that wouldn't run anymore. It wasn't much, but copper is copper.

I recall that when tape recorders and old transistor radios would break, the transformers held a litte bit of copper wire, when screw in fuses from the fusebox went, the part that screwed into the fusebox was brass, as were most lightbulbs before they switched to aluminum, parts of old lamps have brass and copper wire in them, etc.

These are all I can think of, but there are dozens if not hundreds more I did not even consider.
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