Copper Recovery from Cables: Profitability, Auction Link, YKY 5x16 Cable, 1mb=1kg, Copper Weight

Question

Hello is it profitable to recover copper from the cable as in this auction According to the seller, 1mb = 1kg and here's the second question, how much would the copper itself weigh?

lowbird · Answer

I understand that you would like to buy a cable, peel it and sell it for scrap?

toom16 · Answer

So

Anonymous · Answer

And isn't the price quoted in the auction for 1mb?

toom16 · Answer

well, the price is for 1mb I wrote above

Anonymous · Answer

That's where it comes out PLN 21.90 per meter. After plucking you will have maybe 0.7 kg. I don't know how much copper is now, but it would have to cost around PLN 30 per kilo to make it worthwhile.

lowbird · Answer

If you find a buyer for copper who will give you more than PLN 30 per kilo, of course it pays off if you have nothing to do at home but pluck cables.

toom16 · Answer

Oh well, it's a pity, but about 0.7 kg I had?

Anonymous · Answer

I doubt that the profit from these cables will compensate you for the effort you put into stripping this wire of insulation... Really. I've been putting my strength on just such a cable lately. Average enjoyment...

Anonymous · Answer

Of course, you can recover this copper in an easier way than by plucking, but there will be no profit from it. You will have to pay extra for the business. Here I found a scrap metal price list.

toom16 · Answer

where else can you get copper for sale?

Anonymous · Answer

Copper can be obtained from old transformers, motors, etc. But it's a lot of tinkering.

Anonymous · Answer

Such as stripping the core. Neighbor used to play it. He struggled for 2 full days, and he got 30 zlotys...

toom16 · Answer

Like a transformer?

Anonymous · Answer

It is most profitable to disassemble electromagnets from starters, they are easy to dismantle and there is a relatively large amount of copper, you just need a large amount to make some profit from it.

Anonymous · Answer

It's only 6 times bigger. He was sitting in a Soviet microwave from Elektronika; p

toom16 · Answer

then you say that there is a lot of copper in the electromagnets, then it will poke

wamp · Answer

Just don't cut traction because I'm going on a trip tomorrow and I don't want to be late

DJ Max · Answer

The traction is aluminum

DJ MHz · Answer

Motor windings (from refrigerator compressors, etc.). You just have to play with the grinder a bit, and then pull out the pieces with pliers .

DJ Max · Answer

You can get used to picking at cables, find a technique and, above all, a place for this work ... Oh, and you need thick gloves and a knife.

Futrzaczek · Answer

But why? I put the cable scraps in the oven, mix it with some balls of paper and ignite it. The boiler (120l) is heated up and even faster. The fire is also good. I tried to pluck cables once, but it's not on my nerves...

DJ Max · Answer

1. they pay less for burnt copper
2. stench and smoke, you can do it in some reeds or in the countryside, but at home with medium-dense buildings there is no point
3. this plucking is not so bad, you will make 20 meters of cable, swear and get used to it, you can fly whole spools

Futrzaczek · Answer

First time I hear of something like this. They only segregate into small (cables, cuttings, etc.) and coarse (tubes, saucepans, etc.) It depends on your relations with your neighbors Perfume once in a while won't hurt anyone. Unless someone is processing it in industrial quantities... The problem begins when you have two bags of different scraps and trimmings of different lengths. There are better occasions to curse yourself

DJ Max · Answer

Then it's actually better to burn...

Łukasz-O · Answer

Are you sure mate?

DJ Max · Answer

So far I have been, but I have never had direct contact with her ;) If it's copper, I'm honestly not surprised that it can disappear without a trace

Łukasz-O · Answer

Not only the network can disappear without a trace, but also the one who wants to steal it

pawello54 · Answer

hello - I hope this is in the right topic. How much copper can be contained in one meter of cable marked PFSP 1KV 3x120/70mm2. I have the opportunity to buy the above for PLN 30 per meter and would it be worth it to just strip it down to copper.

c4r0 · Answer

Good topic but too old... You should start a new one. In the cable designation you have the cross-section (this is the cross-section of the conductor). Any junior high school student should be able to count in a minute exactly how much copper will be in a meter of this cable.

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