Oh yay, this is my kind of video, I love getting the small copper goodies and I remove them from the boards but only process the easy ones and as you say, take in the others as motors/transformers.

One think that has been seriously under rated in 2021/2022 is the graphite that holds most of these little transformers together, sometimes its plastic and thats not useful at all, but I have been studying alternatives to just throwing it away, and found if its turned in to chips/dust it can be sold for a small price, (foundry at home scacrafical crucible) metal refining

Thanks for another great video. I always strip transformers for the copper and steel. Thanks for taking us along.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

I like the easy ones. Also, I get a lot of those ferrite donuts wrapped in copper. Easy to crack with a hammer and pull off the wires. Most solenoids are easy to crack the plastic and pull off copper too. Have to bend open the metal bracket first. Free copper!

The wire you get from transformers and windings of motors is generically called "magnet wire". It has a thin laquer coating so the windings don't short. It may look like bare copper, and you may be able to pass it off as bare, but it isnt. I think the color indicates a temperature rating.

I love scrapping transformers. I have totes and totes full. Thanks for sharing.

Its always worth it IF Your retired you make nothing staring at the cieling .

Good job! 👍🏼

That was exactly What i Needed thank you

Nice work 👍👍👍👍👍

awsome i scrap all small i can ;) copper as copper ;) great video

Great video. I like how you mentioned that all of this copper wire inside will be considered #2, and not #1. If the transformers have metal frames surrounding to the coil of copper, it's not worth it for me. Too much work. If I can smash them open relatively easily, then I do it. Most of the time I just take them apart for fun and upgrade the price at the same time.😁

good video, just starting out and i've got about 15 lbs of #2 copper, and the steel i get is about the only thing i'm making money off of, the silver and gold goes into a small container, some of it probably neither, but just to be safe anything that looks like it goes in there, really haven't figured out what kinds of aluminum i've got, so same thing, will figure out later. the brass is starting to add up too. haven't got the big score yet, like construction sites, mostly appliances and electronics.

Interesting video Tin Man Learned from it can i say you need a taller bench bending over while working will do your back in keep the back straight when you can. look forward to your nexed vlog.

You make absolutely amazing videos that usually answer all my questions about a topic. Currently I am looking for a guide on the various types of capacitors, seeing as there are several categories such as MLCC's, tantalum, burnt copper, and others. I am not sure if you scrap these, as these are more PCB oriented, but it would be novel as I don't think anyone really made a comprehensive video on just capacitor scrapping/sorting. Cheers!!!

The more orange color 1 at 2:50 in the video is copper coated aluminum wire which they will only accept as aluminum as there is little copper

Unfortunately most small transformers are copper coated aluminum wire not copper wire which they will only accept as aluminum wire(usually a more orange color to the coated wire like the 1 he shows at 2.55 minutesin is coated aluminum)can check by scratching the wire a little hope this helps someone

Do you have to open the motors and transformers to prove if it’s copper for copper motor price? Example would be a sealed coil

Some of them transformers have a layer of copper that is coated in a cloth like material I've noticed

I do believe that you said the ribbons on circuit boards some of them are silver so my question is what about some of the plugs that are silver looking is it real silver

Thanx for your take on these. I like to take almost all of them apart too! Even the automotive fan motors. I currently have (4) 55 gallon drums full of cleaned copper. I also use a wire stripping machine for any wire approx 18 Gauge, or 1mm thick. What do I do with it??? I like to melt it when time. I also melt my dirty aluminum, lead, and am thinking about zinc too, as I've heard there may be a market for it too. I'll check out more of your vids when time.

I have a question for you on aluminum heat sinks they got the copper pipes on the outside and going through do you separate them or leave them together if you separate them how thank you

some absolutely are and some aren't , the only way you'll know for sure is to do a couple of them

That copper band around the small transformer goes into your #2 copper wire? ..I have 3 of them aside, not sure where to put them..lol

I feel like he's trying too communicate with me

Do you know how much copper is in a ignition transformer

$4??? I sold 6 lbs of #2 copper in watts California and their price is $2.90 . Wow 😮

I got a ball full of copper and trying get it bigger and it have to be hauled by a truck.

Another great video. I would like to see a HDMI cable with ends on it scrapped to get the gold pins out. Thank you

Wich scrapyard are you going??? My scrap yard gives me 2.90$for #1

Yikes you need a new scrap yard! I got .56 per pound twice last week. At .10 I would take them apart but at the rate paid here, it's not really worth the time - especially for those small fiddly ones.

So you made approximately $7 per hour. No wonder I never bothered.

Crying shame to do this to inductors that don't really wear out. Crying shame that it is almost impossible to get a datasheet on any of them. Sooooo Scrap on scrapper.

Although I am working in limited space I scrap it down to the bone 🦴. Unfortunately I can’t do anything about the plastic. Scrap on TinMan.🐎🌻✌️