Scrapping an air conditioner for copper and aluminum
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- In this video I scrap out a window air conditioner for copper and aluminum and a little copper wire, be sure to have a friend or a Heat and air company remove the refrigerant before you start, Thanks for watching
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I learned by watching your videos that taking things apart is actually faster than attacking it with a torch
seems to work that way on a lot of things, but then there are times the torch will work best. Thanks for stopping by
You need to start a pickle jar with 12% vinegar and salt for the e wast.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and the video I need a hobby like yours but I don’t have the room and I have the tools fixing to hit 71 just enjoy watching you tearing down and working by the way I’m an Okie also from Duncan
Thanks for watching! Duncan that is only about 1 hour away from me. I was buying 55 gallon drums from a guy in Duncan last year about this time for burn barrels. I quit selling them when covid hit. Take care Phillip
Thanks again for the nice tips on scraping out a/c units
Any time!, that is why I made the channel was to share what I know and to get tips and ideas from other scrappers. make our job faster and easier. and more fun, thanks for stopping by
I scrapped and sold a aircon the same size last week I got $4 for compressor and $20 for radiator the rest I kept in my copper and brass collection electric motor was 80c per kg bright wire was $11.50 per kg Australian prices.
sounds like you did good with it, I am saving my copper for now too, the price is going up so that is good
Use a chop saw to cut the ends off much easier and quicker.
Good old advice at the end, thank you sir!
Any time! Thanks for watching
Here in Tulsa they give me number 2 for the elbows on the copper. A trick I learned is to take all the copper with no joints or solder and lay them flat in a tote and soak them in a mix of salt and vinegar for about 20 mins. It'll clean all the junk and corassion off it. But make sure you wash it thoroughly after you pull it out. If not it'll make the copper turn green. After that you'll get number 1 copper. :)
I just cut all pieces with solder joints off as #2 and the rest is #1 at my yard as long as no paint or other foreign matter on it. if anything a quick hit on the wire wheel and good to go
Don't know if you will read this comment seeing this video is 6 months old but if you do have you tried this , when you are removing copper from motor windings after you cut off the one end grab your channel locks and grab hold of the windings and now with your free hand use your hammer and hit the steel housing and if you have to grab the other side that are part way out and they should all come out in one piece ! Good luck !!
I have tried many ways, I now have a bit that I use in the air chisel it is a wide flat blade and I cut a V out of it so it looks like a Y and I put the tip through the windings and hit the trigger and out come the copper. Thanks for the tip and for watching
@@Okiescrapper your way is the best way .Like you I tried many ways and wow is the air chisel a winner .keep up the videos
Great video!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Glad you enjoyed it!
On those stators I chew through the copper loop with an aviation snip and then spread the ends parallel so they can pass through. Of course clamped in a bench vise.
Flip it over and pry under the intact loop with a BIG screw driver or tapered rod. No copper fragments flying around, kerf losses, or consumable blades used. The size you show there would cost me 10-15 minutes. First one I ever did cost me an hour, price of education.
need a big vice. your making good time on them
put an ac condenser between you air compressor pump and the tank as an air drier .Makes plasma cutter consumables last 10 times longer
that would make a good one, I have a drier inline just out of the tank, and another one on the back of the plasma cutter. so far so good
I'm learning a lot thank you
Glad to hear it. and thanks for watching
i want to see you put it back together
it's gone now, boy am I glad I would not want to put it back together, I have had enough assembly jobs in the past. Thanks for stopping by Rolf
I miss scrapping
I almost got out of it and was getting down to the last few items around the shop and yard and I started to miss it. before I even got out of it. so here we are.
@@Okiescrapper I hope one day to start again I use to go to what we call carboot sales on a Sunday each week I saved so much scrap I made 3770 English pounds I had 1000 kilo of brass that made 1500 pounds so I know you can make alot of money from scrap
Big SMILE
I learned a lot.. thank you for very informative video :)
Glad it was helpful!
donno dude, the a/c units i get ae so dirty and rusted i do better cutting most of it apart. yours looks to me as pretty clean, did you pressure wash it first?
no I just bring them in as they are, I do get a few that I should pressure wash first, Thanks for watching
Don't cut the plug off the power cord! Cut the cord at the unit... The GFI plug and cord are worth more than the copper in the wire.
good idea, where you selling them? market place? or eBay?
What is the smaller tank on the side of the sealed unit, and is it copper or what? Also I was told that any copper tubing that has had freon in it is always #2, is that right?
if it is on the side of the sealed unit it may be the capacitor, I sell my tubbing as # 1 as long as no solder or paint on it, every yard is different, best to just call your yard
That is the suction accumulator , it’s on an ac system to prevent liquid from slugging or damaging the compressor , they are only steel
If you want to learn about ewaste, watch ewaste Ben on you tube. He will show you the difference between the boards, high, medium and low. Thanks for sharing
I will have to check but I believe that I am subscribed to Ben. Just need the time to watch more videos, winter is coming and retirement in a few years or sooner. Thanks for the tip and for stopping by
@@Okiescrapper its great to see someone who appreciates the knowledge or information of others.
Stripping down an ac takes time to break down. I see I have missed some collection items to get an extra penny or two. Thanks.
You are very welcome George, yes they do take a little bit of time, Thanks for watching
Congratulations on 1k!!!
Thank You