Final breakdown: 10lbs plug whole 10 x 0.19lb = $1.90 separated 1.14lbs brass (3.05 lb) = $5.74, 5oz #2 copper ($4.37 lb) = $1.37, and now 7.12lbs waste. = so made $7.11 compared to $1.90. It took about an hour.
You went a step further by leaving prices in the comments, doesn't earn you anymore, but thank you! Remember that weight gives you a better price- and then grade. If you don't have to have the cash, sit on it, the price rarely goes down, unless it's a day, or two after covid gets announced
No problem. Thanks for the update. It really does depend sometimes on the day you go, prices, and who is working the scale a lot of times in my experience. There has actually been a few occasions where I have had to threaten or take some of my load back because I refused to be downgraded, etc.
@@jamesfirth1280 I should have refused the downgrade but it was my first time selling appliances wire. I probably lost 30 or 40 dollars. I still got 217.50 for 145lbs (4 totes) and now I know for the future. Thanks again for sharing all your knowledge here on UA-cam. ✌️
@@BushDogScrapper ik a guy that used to fill appliances with water n let em freeze he got criminally trespassed and charĝed something about intent to comit fraud.... the piced the appliances off the trailer with the claw and out fell a ton of 🧊 ice lmao
Thankyou very much tin man scrapper ,, i have been doing scrap metal recycling here in Australia for over 30 years and have only encountered this reduction in cost value due to the plug ends being on the chords and probly only around 3 years ago that they started doing this here. I am going to give this a go tomorrow and I'll get back to you to tell you how i went. Thanks again for you advice. Cheers from John in Australia
Thanks tinman good info. I fill a bucket with those small uncoated thin gauge copper snips and save to melt. Number 2 price for 99% Cu does not make sense. * Those bigger plug blocks often will have silver contacts on the brass prongs, with a solenoid to open and close on things like the A/C plug or any with a reset/test function. Snip those contact ends off. May be worth checking the bucket if you have done alot of them. 👍
I try and find podcasts and audiobooks I can listen to while I work on little bits of scrap like this since it's not exactly high dollar amounts per hour. I figure it's a good way to spend my time since normally when I listen to a podcast I'm not doing anything physically.
Us brits started the plug soup 🍲 method and there is 5 different graded plugs ,to me your type seem very easy to strip compared to my types of plug soap, but great outcome
I love plug ends. I enjoy removing the pieces. I saw someone put them in a vice and it was easy to remove using the channel lock. Does it really pay to remove the copper from the brass or just leave as is? Love the videos!
You have a wife, and she lets you do that at the kitchen table? I saw the same video, and to be fair, the guy was older, out in the garage, and didn't have the same energy level as you. That being said, the only thing I would do differently would be to strip the cord wire of its insulation and get #1 price. I don't let anything get away from full value; as far as a soup or a tan, I would maybe set them in front of a heater vent or on top of the water heater, which is about all I would do if it's winter time. Oh, and one more thing, I stockpile and don't get rid of anything until I have over 100 pounds of any one thing (metal). I'll have 500 lbs aluminum, 150 lbs copper, and 100 lbs brass, with 100+ lbs your lowest weight of any one metal, and then I call every scrap yard within reasonable drive and tell him the minimum weight of what I have-it doesn't have to be exact, but at least the weight you are bringing because they don't know if you are bringing 5 lbs or 500 lbs, so naturally they give you the 5 lbs price, and that way you get a better price or grade for what you have and how clean it is! Good luck and happy trails!
I have a question I recently got some TV cable wire along with a couple of small cast aluminum boxes with TV connections and there are pins in them, are they gold??
Hi I need your help.. how do you strip a iron? I have a few and I am looking for a good way to do it and maxing the profit. Brian and Amanda from Pretoria South Africa
I have a video on them. I can put it up Monday, but a lot of the bottoms are cast with tin connected to them making them dirty cast. There are different types, but the ones I took apart were just put into dirty cast, with a few wires and a little copper recovery as well. The power chord is a good wire since it is long. We get $1.48lb for those appliance wires.
FYI most copper wire is shredded (In a granulator), and comes out as little pebbles(chops). The brass ends up contaminating the copper. That's why the plugs must be removed.
I have another question I've been micro scraping for a little over 2 years collecting gold are there places you can take it to in order to get money?? I live in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania
In the US I know there is a place you can send it to called boardsort.com. I have actually not sent there yet since I live in Canada an shipping costs need to be less than profit for me
I actually have a video on co axial cable. The nice thing is you can find tons of it in dumpsters and some of it can be copper wire in the middle and aluminum casing
I like to cut my prongs off with a grinder and throw the rest of my plugs in copper baring or copper content. I'm in northern Ontario I use Sudbury scrap yards for my non ferrous and such and manitoulin for my shred tin and appliances or white goods as that's where I am
why would you call those copper strands number 2? they should be number 1 right? pure copper no coating or anything....right? my yard gives me number 1 for all that
Because of the gauge of the wire. His yard wants a larger gauge to get number 1. I think he could negotiate that if he had a very large amount. I choose to melt mine into ingots
The pricing you get is insane compared to Vegas! Even Kommiephonia isn't much more. Copper and brass are less more than a dollar of what you are getting!
I’ve got a big box full of wires from various appliances and I was planning to leave all the plugs on them, then I thought I better cut them all off, now I’m seeing you leave some on and take some off. I’m confused 🫠😂
If they are the 40% ones leave the heads on and just pull off the prongs. The weight from the heads is good for the weight. However, the 60% wires you need to take off anyway so it is good to get out as much #2 copper as possible.
Just wondering.... if you're getting basically free materials, why don't you melt it down, make cool stuff you could be selling .... alot better pay than scrap yard
Thank you for your great instruction video. You have saved me from wasting a lot of time and muscle had i not watched this.
Glad it helped. Thank you for the kind words and for watching! Stay well and happy scrapping.
I do this all the time. Going to try my big yard.
Final breakdown: 10lbs plug whole 10 x 0.19lb = $1.90 separated 1.14lbs brass (3.05 lb) = $5.74, 5oz #2 copper ($4.37 lb) = $1.37, and now 7.12lbs waste. = so made $7.11 compared to $1.90. It took about an hour.
Your math is off on the brass
You went a step further by leaving prices in the comments, doesn't earn you anymore, but thank you! Remember that weight gives you a better price- and then grade. If you don't have to have the cash, sit on it, the price rarely goes down, unless it's a day, or two after covid gets announced
@@dirkfrazier9779 Yup, saving up the high ticket items will add up over time and become a nice payday once cashed in.
I use side cutters and pull and twist them. No problems.
Thanks for including my experience so others don’t get downgraded for plug ends on 60% wire. ✌️
No problem. Thanks for the update. It really does depend sometimes on the day you go, prices, and who is working the scale a lot of times in my experience. There has actually been a few occasions where I have had to threaten or take some of my load back because I refused to be downgraded, etc.
@@jamesfirth1280 I should have refused the downgrade but it was my first time selling appliances wire. I probably lost 30 or 40 dollars. I still got 217.50 for 145lbs (4 totes) and now I know for the future. Thanks again for sharing all your knowledge here on UA-cam. ✌️
Great video again. I have a container full of ends waiting for me. Will have to try the sun method this weekend
Awesome Video plug ends are a great way to build up the brass pile! I love making a batch of plug soup over the fire!
CheeRs Scrap Family
Been scraping for a while and still learn from your videos. Thanks tinman!
Thank you for the comment and compliment. Stay well and happy scrapping
Note: when I have 40% appliance chords I leave the head on and just pull out the brass prongs so I still get the weight of the head and ZERO waste.
Good Idea I'm going to do this and set a few aside and see if my yard will take them like that a lil extra weight always helps! haha
Reminds me of the old hosing the seats down in the winter....😅
@@darkshadow5730 haha age old trick in the auto scrapping field 🤣💦🤣👌🏻
@@BushDogScrapper ik a guy that used to fill appliances with water n let em freeze he got criminally trespassed and charĝed something about intent to comit fraud.... the piced the appliances off the trailer with the claw and out fell a ton of 🧊 ice lmao
@@darkshadow5730 Geez 🤣🤣🤣
Thankyou very much tin man scrapper ,, i have been doing scrap metal recycling here in Australia for over 30 years and have only encountered this reduction in cost value due to the plug ends being on the chords and probly only around 3 years ago that they started doing this here. I am going to give this a go tomorrow and I'll get back to you to tell you how i went.
Thanks again for you advice.
Cheers from John in Australia
Thank you John for the comment. Keep me posted on your results. Stay well and happy scrapping.
Thanks tinman good info.
I fill a bucket with those small uncoated thin gauge copper snips and save to melt. Number 2 price for 99% Cu does not make sense.
* Those bigger plug blocks often will have silver contacts on the brass prongs, with a solenoid to open and close on things like the A/C plug or any with a reset/test function. Snip those contact ends off. May be worth checking the bucket if you have done alot of them.
👍
Thank you for your content. I've learned a lot, and saved so much time. Keep it coming!!👍🏾👍🏾
Thank you for the kind words. Stay well.
I try and find podcasts and audiobooks I can listen to while I work on little bits of scrap like this since it's not exactly high dollar amounts per hour. I figure it's a good way to spend my time since normally when I listen to a podcast I'm not doing anything physically.
I appreciate you checking out my videos. Stay well.
Btw, the roasting pan was also found on garbage day.
Exactly how I do it too. Nice work 👌🏼👌🏼
Thanks for the comment and for watching. Stay well and happy scrapping!
Us brits started the plug soup 🍲 method and there is 5 different graded plugs ,to me your type seem very easy to strip compared to my types of plug soap, but great outcome
Brilliant, thanks for the tips 👍
Glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for the comment and support.
I use a pair of vice grips and side cutters.
I find everything in the trash. Go out four late nights a week. I beat the early morning scrappers. The only way to get first dibs.
Awesome! Great info!
Thanks for the video tin
Thanks for watching. Stay well
I love plug ends. I enjoy removing the pieces. I saw someone put them in a vice and it was easy to remove using the channel lock. Does it really pay to remove the copper from the brass or just leave as is? Love the videos!
It all adds up and very easy and quick to do.
In my opinion, I will not work for an hour for five dollars
@@andrewbussell3224 I can understand that.
You have a wife, and she lets you do that at the kitchen table? I saw the same video, and to be fair, the guy was older, out in the garage, and didn't have the same energy level as you. That being said, the only thing I would do differently would be to strip the cord wire of its insulation and get #1 price. I don't let anything get away from full value; as far as a soup or a tan, I would maybe set them in front of a heater vent or on top of the water heater, which is about all I would do if it's winter time. Oh, and one more thing, I stockpile and don't get rid of anything until I have over 100 pounds of any one thing (metal). I'll have 500 lbs aluminum, 150 lbs copper, and 100 lbs brass, with 100+ lbs your lowest weight of any one metal, and then I call every scrap yard within reasonable drive and tell him the minimum weight of what I have-it doesn't have to be exact, but at least the weight you are bringing because they don't know if you are bringing 5 lbs or 500 lbs, so naturally they give you the 5 lbs price, and that way you get a better price or grade for what you have and how clean it is! Good luck and happy trails!
I was out in the garage, believe me I would have been shot if I set this up in the kitchen and started taking the plug ends apart. lol
I have a question I recently got some TV cable wire along with a couple of small cast aluminum boxes with TV connections and there are pins in them, are they gold??
There are a lot of those type of items that do have gold plated pins, so probably yes.
Hi I need your help.. how do you strip a iron? I have a few and I am looking for a good way to do it and maxing the profit. Brian and Amanda from Pretoria South Africa
I have a video on them. I can put it up Monday, but a lot of the bottoms are cast with tin connected to them making them dirty cast. There are different types, but the ones I took apart were just put into dirty cast, with a few wires and a little copper recovery as well. The power chord is a good wire since it is long. We get $1.48lb for those appliance wires.
FYI most copper wire is shredded (In a granulator), and comes out as little pebbles(chops). The brass ends up contaminating the copper. That's why the plugs must be removed.
I get $.35 a pound for plug-ins in my yard in Southport North Carolina. I just turned them in the other day.
not bad price.
I have another question I've been micro scraping for a little over 2 years collecting gold are there places you can take it to in order to get money?? I live in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania
In the US I know there is a place you can send it to called boardsort.com. I have actually not sent there yet since I live in Canada an shipping costs need to be less than profit for me
Are all plug ends brass, even the white/silver ones?
I think you answered my question....
I believe so!! Run a magnet on them!
I would like to know about Co axle is it worth it
I actually have a video on co axial cable. The nice thing is you can find tons of it in dumpsters and some of it can be copper wire in the middle and aluminum casing
Is the non copper wire aluminum?
Yes, although some wire is metallic looking, but if scratched it dos reveal copper underneath and therefore woul be classified as #2 copper
What about the female side o plugs
PLUG SOUP! PLUG SOUP! WOOOOOO!
I like to cut my prongs off with a grinder and throw the rest of my plugs in copper baring or copper content. I'm in northern Ontario I use Sudbury scrap yards for my non ferrous and such and manitoulin for my shred tin and appliances or white goods as that's where I am
Nice, clean cut with a grinder. Thanks for the comment. What are the prices around there?
I never do plug soup anymore
How to remove the female brass plugs
I just leave them as is and get the appliance wire weight price
dont need water if you place plugs in the sun, 30c and above works best
Yup, agree. it just matters if you get those types of temperatures, but yes it too does work. Thanks for the comment. Stay well and happy scrapping.
@@TinManScrapper down side is i dont allways want to do much when its hot out lol, cheers
why would you call those copper strands number 2? they should be number 1 right? pure copper no coating or anything....right? my yard gives me number 1 for all that
Because of the gauge of the wire. His yard wants a larger gauge to get number 1. I think he could negotiate that if he had a very large amount. I choose to melt mine into ingots
idk if thats true, gauge usually only matter to get bare bright but its possible i guess@@UrbanMiningWithGearHead
@@UrbanMiningWithGearHeadsome yards refuse ingots because it's difficult to trust nothing has been mixed in (like iron/lead)
@@grijzekijker I know. I don't sell to them because I sell privately and get 5 to 6 times more as an ingot to casters.
Total waste of time. And energy just throw it in with your tin
in with your tin?
@TinManScrapper yes. Just throw the cut off ends into your tin pile
@@thegrumpygerman That's what I do too. No weight in the brass so not worth the effort.....
I can tell you like the sound of your own voice, a bit too much mate.
No, I actually like helping others with scrapping and therefore have to explain things in detail.
The pricing you get is insane compared to Vegas! Even Kommiephonia isn't much more. Copper and brass are less more than a dollar of what you are getting!
Canada's dollar is around 35% less than usd .... most everything is pegged to usd
@@user-yx9jm9sp2y OK. And I suppose the fact that our admin is printing money as quickly as they can turn the press doesn't help either
I’ve got a big box full of wires from various appliances and I was planning to leave all the plugs on them, then I thought I better cut them all off, now I’m seeing you leave some on and take some off. I’m confused 🫠😂
If they are the 40% ones leave the heads on and just pull off the prongs. The weight from the heads is good for the weight. However, the 60% wires you need to take off anyway so it is good to get out as much #2 copper as possible.
Just wondering.... if you're getting basically free materials, why don't you melt it down, make cool stuff you could be selling .... alot better pay than scrap yard