All of the air conditioners we scrap are and must be emptied by the hvac tech before we purchase them and if we come across one that is still full of gas I have a hvac friend who recovers and recycles all the gasses!
The ac you see in the video was emptied out of all gasses and then refilled with pressurized air from an air compressor so I could cut it open in this video to get more comments.. Should I make a video of how to re-pressurize a condenser unit with compressed air..?? hahahah

Mr John

@Kimmi Nasuti

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Guy Fawkes

@Jack The Ripper Booooo hoo! Are you going to bo ok? Do you need a service dog or someone to come over and console you?

Brian Allison

I tell people that what they are seeing is almost just like watching a fan running normally but it looks like it's moving slowly backwards. In this case Im using the FORCE to scare the freon back into the unit so fast that it looks like it's normally escaping out.

scrap2cash

@Jo Bo lmao if we were stealing transformers at night would we be filming it and posting it on youtube?
it gets dark early especially in the winter time and we work until the job is done
use your common sense buddy

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Voice in The Wilderness

2y↑2

Thank you so much for the information.. Where would you recommend for a person just starting out to find such treasures? I see the value in your information. If you had to start over, were would you start your treasures hunt at?

scrap2cash

2y↑2

Hey thanks for watching! if someone is just starting out id start by searching the streets on garbage nights as well as dumpsters.. start trying to do some advertising in your local area offering free pick up. Start learning slowly and slowly building some connections with clients and scrap yards. Ask lots of questions at your local yard

Luton Van Man

4y↑5

As an electrician I get a fair bit of cable. I also process it through a stripping machine that increases the value.

Edward Childers

2y↑9

It's totally illegal to vent air conditioner systems into the atmosphere. Big fines from the EPA.

MY NINJA

2y↑2

Yeah that was nuts.

juizzi i

I dont anyone cares

R D

i was thinking the same thing lol

Irish Gold Stacker

4y↑4

Good video. Its copper I'm mainly into, along with cable and brass. But I'm currently saving up for a truck and then I will be taking steele and anything metal, so good to know how to get more copper. 👍👍👍

Irish Gold Stacker

3y↑1

@CYRUS DAWSON, good on you.

Irish Gold Stacker

3y↑1

@CYRUS DAWSON, my plan is this: fours days a week in the van. Three days on the bike and an occasional day off. I say day off, I'm sure I'm like most scrappers, we still tend to do a bit of cleaning up of scrap and generally still scrapping. This is my favourite occupation I've ever had. I scrapped as a kid, as a teenager and now as an adult. I plan to always be a scrapper. As long as my body allows me to. All the best buddy.

Irish Gold Stacker

3y↑1

@scrap2cash looking forward to it buddy.

scrap2cash

3y↑1

seen a few of your comments sorry I haven't been back on here in so long now I've been struggling with things. I'm back at it now and am going to be posting again!

scrap2cash

3y↑1

awesome good to hear I used to walk around with my dog and just find metal then got a car then a truck. copper and non ferrous metals are nice of course but steel is a steady supply and helps to pay the bills

Syukri Samat

3y↑2

Hey man. I love your video. Its so satisfying to watch. Im collecting copper too.

Adventures with TTFNCachn

4y↑5

What about plumbing copper? Granted new construction is more into PVC but I get most of my copper from bathroom and kitchen remodels (big role off dumpsters in the street)

scrap2cash

4y↑1

Tom TTFNCachn very good point lol I get some that way as well just didn’t think about it even had copper tubing in the video I didn’t mention lol

tomitstube

2y↑2

i haven't made it to the big time yet, commercial grade motors and transformers... still piddling with household stuff, but i've just started so... i like the way you went thru it all, (separated) and identified what was in the truck, lol, but at least where i'm at it doesn't snow...

scrap2cash

2y↑2

haha I haven't made it to the big time yet either I wish I had but all we can do is one step at a time and keep working in the right direction. Slowly I'm starting to learn more and make more connections so it does get better slowly 👍
Must be nice! are you just trying to rub it in? its the middle of winter here right now and it sucks! lol

Edward Childers

2y↑1

I also found a local electrical supply guy that buys and sells certain used equipment for much more than scrap. Cuttler Hammer (?) Breakers are in demand.

scrap2cash

Local? local to where? I would like a connecting that buys electrical equipment lol
I mainly sell stuff on eBay if I think there will be any sort of demand for it, sold some large breakers before

roni saarinen

3y↑2

Where did you get all those mate?

Marcia Everett

2y↑2

Wish I knew WHERE you found these. It could be used to make stuff.

Marcia Everett

@scrap2cash I guess any motors and fridges. I don't remember now. But I would also have to know how to weld or solder.

scrap2cash

Found which items.? and what could they be used to make??

Scrap Rush UK

2y↑1

Hi new sub in the uk, nice vid something about all that copper really excites me lol. Will you be doing any more content? I notice it’s been a year since your last upload.

scrap2cash

@Scrap Rush UK thanks

Scrap Rush UK

2y↑1

@scrap2cash exactly my brother, keep at and keep up the hard work.

scrap2cash

2y↑1

@Scrap Rush UK glad you are doing better and back to posting as well. sometimes we need a break and sometimes it helps feeling like starting fresh again

Scrap Rush UK

2y↑1

@scrap2cash glad you will be doing more, I went through a phase last year for a couple of months where I lost all my motivation.
Then towards the end of the year started posted again, and I’m glad I had that little break.

scrap2cash

2y↑1

Hey thanks for subscribing! copper always excites me too lol
Yes I I'm going to start posting again now, I was just going through some rough times and lost all my motivation to be posting.. I was still filming some things just never got around to posting. Feeling better now and ready to get back to posting regularly 👍

Desol8 Eddie Sick

3y↑4

As I'm watching this video I am looking at the "next up" video which reads 'How to make 900 dollars an hour scrapping copper' and thinking "ok that is some bull."😂💤

Smokey Devil

4y↑5

I dont know where to get any stuff like that sadly i love to get my hands on that

scrap2cash

3y↑1

what type of wire can you buy for that price? there is a lot of competition with buying copper around here so you'd be really lucky to have a source at that price

Kool Kyle 23

3y↑2

Buy insulated copper wire from the scrap yard for $0.81 take the rubber off and scrap the copper for $2.70

Ginger VikingJesus

3y↑4

Now, HERE'S a good question.. Do you keep it & melt it down or do you turn it in?? I'm melting mine down as I find it & turning them into 5lb bars of solid copper ingots, that of which I have 10 currently, with another 30-40lbs sitting in a tub waiting for spring to come back so I can start melting again.. (edit) I mean, you've already got the tools to extract it all, it's actually pretty fun to melt it all down & turn em into ingots, they look nicer too!!😁. During the lockdown I picked up a smelting furnace, some molds & a bunch of crucibles & haven't looked back!!

Brian Allison

2y↑1

If you have a large(as in operates in several cities and/or states) recycling company around you then they most likely will have a scanner especially if it's one of their "money" locations. When companies and individuals are bringing you thousands of pounds of metals including the likes of titanium, nickel, carbide, etc you need one. If you don't and sell a major smelter tons of adulterated product it's not going to be good for business. I bring aluminum ingots to the yard I use. They are a big company but my location has no gun. But being I've done business for almost 20 years there they know I'm not shady and they buy them. I melt the aluminum because of space reasons and the fuel is free....wood from trees I've cut down. But wood wont melt copper in a simple set up like mine

Yay KRUSER

@Ginger VikingJesus yeah, you see a profit, but what about them? They somehow have to justify buying that machine to to test those bars, and they aint gonna do that for one dude that thinks he has to melt his copper into bars.
Like no offense, melting that shit into bars is cool, but these guys have to run a business, not a copper museum.

Ginger VikingJesus

@Yay KRUSER $470 US actually, plus all the copper I've reclaimed was free, so even after fuel costs, replacement disc's for my angle grinder & time, I'm STILL seeing a 20% return on the copper I've melted into bars..

Yay KRUSER

@Ginger VikingJesus 110 punds... thats what? 300 bucks? so 50 bucks profit for them... In what? A Month? Year?

Ginger VikingJesus

@Yay KRUSER The goal is 300lbs..

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AidavEwaste

New subscriber..great video buddy.going to be busy watching your videos now.👍👍👍

Adventures with TTFNCachn

2y↑1

Do you get your stuff in auctions? Those commercial ac units and that many electric motors are not usually on the curb or a dumpster

scrap2cash

2y↑1

Yeah not going to find that many or those type of things at the curb very often or ever lol
Ive been doing this for a while so you slowly build some connections and I'm always searching and advertising in different ways offering to pick up scrap metals or offering to buy scrap.
I've only been to a few auctions but I have a buddy who works with storage unit places so we get some connections through that as well

Bud Smokinzie

2y↑1

What I want to know is how you get the ok to collect all that scrap? Like how did you go about finding these places?

scrap2cash

@Brian Allison Good call lots of places to find stuff and meet some connections

Brian Allison

2y↑1

If you see any construction sites or where an old building is being remodeled you can stop by and ask. If you know anyone that works in restaurants have them keep an eye out bc restaurants are always getting new equipment. If your area has a spring cleaning time where they pick up large items for the dump be prepared and especially drive through the more affluent areas as the wealthy tend to throw out good things. Look for old illegal dump sites.

scrap2cash

Thats the big question.. the real struggle is finding new connections and ways to advertise. like most types of business new / unique forms of marketing is what's going to make the most impact

Deez Nuttz

3y↑1

If you run a Sawzall down the sides of those coils and cut the copper to get more for it the coils are aluminum copper mix so you only get like half of the price so if you cut the copper off to get quite a bit more

Randy Earles

curious if anyone checks to see if any of the transformers are still good?

phlodel

3y↑2

Scrappers don't care. they will destroy $10,000 worth of equipment for $5.00 worth of scrap.

David Carlisle

4y↑4

All good sources for copper 👍

scrap2cash

David Carlisle Thanks for watching it!

Michael Johnson

Don't think that is compressed air coming from that outdoor unit. Hmm... EPA? Will I get a payday... Interesting

Mike Burns

3y↑1

Take it to a 5 star scrap yard for maximum price,also get yourself a band saw that cuts metal pipe and beams to gut open compressors

scrap2cash

Always searching for more 5 star scrap yards lol. I get pretty good prices because I have been dealing with the same people for a while and I sell stuff in larger quantities. Also being centrally located there's lots of competition in my area

J B

3y↑11

You said places but showed us 5 things great for copper... It be nice to know where to get these things

Desol8 Eddie Sick

3y↑5

Right!!...so how do I get that transformer. I know there is a shit ton of copper in it. How do I find them? I think this vid may be for people trying to understand where copper is located. IDK! LOL

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John Spinner

3y↑7

You should strip your wire you get more money for it

scrap2cash

3y↑2

some wire I do strip I just don't think its worth the time it takes for most types of wire

John Spinner

3y↑2

You need to take the wire out of the bx then you’ll get more

scrap2cash

sometimes I will if I don't have other things on the go at the time. I don't think its worth it most the time for the amount of time it takes

Sam S

3y↑1

Oh man it's a thing of beauty. No one processes scrap around here I want to do it so bad I just need start up money. I will get it though

scrap2cash

nice you can start small without very much start up costs.. where are you located? there's scrap being processed every where!

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Ewaste Mike

Great video, new to channel.

Amartanshu Singh

3y↑2

Next time please lower the music and increase the speak
Videos nice

Joshua Morris

3y↑2

2:55 that’s a chilling unit I took one of them apart that was much larger got almost a grand

roni saarinen

@Joshua Morris ohh ok, thanks for the info

Joshua Morris

@roni saarinen they are all different sizes but mine was like 1k

roni saarinen

@Joshua Morris ah ok 👍🏻 how much does those things average weight?

Joshua Morris

@roni saarinen whole copper motors brass ect

roni saarinen

@Joshua Morris hah $1000 for only copper or the whole thing?

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Gaining Weight Mining Metal

2y↑1

Heavy duty copper out there

hurst

3y↑22

If the EPA ever seen you put all that air conditioner freon in the air like that they would be upset.

Mystery Buyer

2y↑2

I just knew someone would bring that up. If you pay someone to remove the ac gases you would not be making any money.

And besides laws were meant to break. Hell with them.

Pro Tector

2y↑3

I call bs on the top comment and any authorities worried enough to do anything have bigger issues.

Tommy. Bee. .

Fines...

nathaniel kennedy

3y↑4

try reading the top comment

Vincent Liang

3y↑2

lmao

Joseph Dugan

2y↑1

You left out old analog TV sets. You can find these relics at yard sales and abandoned hotels/motels/houses.

scrap2cash

yeah good call old crt tvs have a decent chunk of copper in them!

scrap metal junky

3y↑1

I'm pretty sure 90% of the dark red wire is aluminum

scrap2cash

2y↑1

aluminum is metal

Jj Dee

2y↑1

Aluminum has more vule then Metal rn

tvirus1969

2y↑1

But where do you get the stuff that the electric company gets rid of?

scrap2cash

2y↑1

@tvirus1969 we got a couple large transformers that you see us cut down in this video from a old warehouse that was under construction being turned into a storage unit place and I have bought a couple from random people who I found through advertising

tvirus1969

@scrap2cash the large transformers

scrap2cash

2y↑1

What stuff are you talking about?

Amatuer Anatoly

3y↑1

Man where do you get all this stuff. Do you recycle for NASA 😂

Amatuer Anatoly

@scrap2cash I get that. I get most of the old appliances and junk metal from my cousins and other family.

scrap2cash

2y↑1

lmao just consistency always looking for more and new connections..
its a never ending battle always searching for more

Silver Scorpion

3y↑1

Great video

scrap2cash

Glad you enjoyed it

Anselmo

3y↑1

How much u payed for that trailer with the hydrolic cable

scrap2cash

I bought the trailer for cheap off of Kijiji.. just got lucky and found a good deal after searching for a long time and then added the winch on my self. bought the winch on clearance at princess auto for cheap too!

Tyler Musgrave

2y↑1

Where do u find ur motors

scrap2cash

I got a lot of the motors from one connection I had for a while I no longer get them from him though. just advertising in different ways trying to find more connections

Scrapper Stacker

3y↑1

Strip all that wire for the win!!!

scrap2cash

would have been so much copper! lol but also too much work

martin johnson

Hey that compressor is on fire ?

Davey Hogan

3y↑3

Love the background music 2👍

Yay KRUSER

Bruh, the Air conditioner thing is super bad for the ozone layer...

whats my name?

And?

jackpot digger

3y↑1

impressive contract you get

scrap2cash

Once in a while I get lucky lol. you know how it is

ZacaRe CoBain

2y↑1

he never said where he got any of it. he was just bragging showboating the whole time.

scrap2cash

lmao want me to deliver cash right to your door for you?
you need to do the work your self.. no one is going to tell you exactly how to do it and hold your hand so you can make some money.
if you want it too get out there and start trying to get it!

Marcia Everett

2y↑1

are transformers batteries?

scrap2cash

No a transformer isn't a battery, a battery stores power and a transformer transforms the power into different voltages.. I do not know very much about either of them my self either. except how to recycle them 👍

Derry Jones

2y↑1

If u burned all that u would make nearly double 🤣👍

scrap2cash

@Joe hertel Yeah as I understand it here in Ontario yards are not supposed to be allowed to buy burnt wire anymore but there are still places around that will buy it..
Enabling and almost encouraging people to burn it and hurt the environment lol

Joe hertel

2y↑1

My yard won't buy wire if it's burned unless you have papers showing you were hired to cleanup after a housefire and on the rare occasion they do buy it they will only give the person the lowest copper price they have at the time like insulated copper wire low grade price .

Jenn Streich

I'm in the US-Minnesota and nobody here will buy burnt copper.. and if you try to sell to scrap yard that isnt fond of you or your attitude they will report to authorities your license and information to be on file for theft and burglary type crimes. So we NEVER burn here.. love video but too big for me.lol

scrap2cash

Not supposed to be burning wire.. lol bad for the environment they say
I don't have a place where I could burn it though even if I wanted too

Mike Monty

I had the scrappers fuckin wet dream of an opportunity so a guy from green bay calls me and says he owns so and so business and he needs a guy with a truck to come out to his job address (taking 2 old parking lot light fixtures down and putting in led) the job had 380 or so light pole fixtures and there is 2 on every pole imagine the door of a dishwasher all the way around same size all cast aluminum wired with nice thick 10g house wire and a beefy transformer containing from 3-5lbs of copper on every one. Now remember almost 400 of them! The cast alone I made a killing

Bill Junking_fool

4y↑1

copper scores 💰

scrap2cash

4y↑1

Bill Junking_fool everyone loves copper! Lol

GuitarBB

2y↑1

Good Job-may i ask how many 1kg scrap copper-Tks

scrap2cash

@Joe hertel id say just keep putting your self out there and taking on any jobs you can get your hands on, make connections and bigger things will come. as well as find new and better ways to advertise

Joe hertel

2y↑1

@scrap2cash how can I get into large pickups , like I have the ability to do most kinds of removal and I'm a whiz at sorting I just need to get some jobs I'm ready to get into stuff like small stores , I have refrigerant recapture machines at my disposal and all money I make scrapping goes towards my new truck fund and new chainsaws fund lol

scrap2cash

@Joe hertel hopefully it goes up even more! I don't usually wait too much hoping for the prices to go up because sometimes they go down lol
but then again I've sold big lots of metal right before prices went up then I was upset lol

scrap2cash

@Joe hertel haha yeah same with here its too good just got to hope it stays up like this!

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Jeff Sawicki

2y↑1

Where's the 5 places?

izstaria

Meatheads drooling

Marytė Šedbarienė

BAD RECYCLE!!!!

Smiley Leaves

Dislike for loud music and not hearing anything else
And 2nd thing... your camera shakes like you are on drug crisis

Chosen1One

You cant leave insulated wire and other plastic and crap from motors on the copper, just a bad way to show shady work

scrap2cash

3y↑1

lol you are on a negative commenting spree? Of course I don't leave that crap on the copper before I sell it.. if I did I wouldn't be able to sell it for top dollar if it was too hard to separate maybe id sell it as dirty copper.. that seem shady? lol

Davey Hogan

Fuck I'm small scaling shit. Damn damn

MY NINJA

2y↑1

My Toyota is scared for it's life.

scrap2cash

it should be! the catalytic converters are probably worth more then the car lmao

TATASTARCOPPER PRIVATE

4y↑1

I want to purchas COPPER scrap pls contact kare

scrap2cash

sorry I do not have copper on any where near large enough quantities for exporting

Kade Hebert

Yal stole that?

Kade Hebert

Very nice

scrap2cash

2y↑1

@Kade Hebert lol I'm sure people do steal stuff because its valuable but I do not steal anything. most of the time if it is a valuable thing I am recycling I my self had to pay someone or a business for it. I offer to pick up and pay depending on what it is and where they are located