Storage Shed Clean-out Part 43 - Unboxing & Scrapping Circuit Breakers for Scrap Silver & Copper

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7 ай бұрын

Are Circuit Breakers worthwhile to scrap out for silver and other goodies? My answer is yes - but you need to know which ones..
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@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

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@DavidTipton101 7 ай бұрын

My condolences to you, your Mum and family Chris. I hope Mum will cope and find new friends when she moves. I have never pulled a switch or RCD apart, a surprising amount of stuff in there. I flew down to Melbourne about a month ago to celebrate Mother-in-Laws 95th birthday. This was the first time on a plane since Covid as I didn't want to get it and pass it on to MIL. We arrived Saturday and I felt it Monday night. Wife and MIL both got it, we all recovered OK. I had intended driving up to see you but we spent two weeks in self imposed lockdown and flew home. I hope you recover fast, I had fatigue for a few weeks after 🙄🤦‍♂🙂

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Many thanks Dave. Day nine and still testing positive! Not feeling too bad but definitely fatigued! 😕

@user-yi3dw8fn8f 7 ай бұрын

Yes please to the washing machine timers Chris! I have boxes of them and control boards in my shed…

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Kim, I'll try and do a micro-scrap video on them soon 😊👍

@Nas_Atlas 7 ай бұрын

That magnet rule is a gem to know. Those push button safety breakers are used for hot tubs over here and typically cost close to $200. I'd have a hard time scrapping them. And you know what Chris for a breaker scrapping video that doesn't use a hammer this is pretty good!!

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Yep it is hard to scrap stuff that is expensive - but as mentioned, I don't want to take any risks with electricity! Less hammer work equals less cleaning up! 😉🤣

@Man-in-da-shed 7 ай бұрын

Someone say Hammer

@longship789 7 ай бұрын

Good advice on the smelting fumes. Thanks Chris.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Nick - yes, you need to be careful with any fumes really!

@Man-in-da-shed 7 ай бұрын

Ahh Chris the joys of Microscrapping, true each one is like a Kinder Egg, ya ever know what’s inside, shame you didn’t beat the hell out of one, I may have to change 😂. Love the vid.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Ian - maybe I should start swinging a hammer one day! 🤔😁

@scohen88 7 ай бұрын

This video is a trip.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Shane 🤣🤣

@RetifsGarage 7 ай бұрын

Good tip to separate with a magnet. Never saw one opened before so I learned something…

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Retif 👍😊

@ShadowMoonFarms 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Cynthia 👍😊

@John-jl3ky 7 ай бұрын

That's good to know, I run across circuit breakers from time to time and I'm not sure what to do with them, I'll wait till I have a bunch of oven and take them Apart

@afineliner740 7 ай бұрын

That was really interesting Chris. You discovered a good screening method that I will remember should I inherit a bunch of them. I got my first dose of covid couple of months back, and from my recent blood results , doctor thinks I have long covid, which explains how I've been feeling (crap) 🤪. Get better soon. 👍

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Alex! No good about the long covid - that's a bit of a worry! We have mostly recovered after a week - but still have no energy!

@afineliner740 7 ай бұрын

@@TheUltimateRecycler Been 2 months now since I had it.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

@@afineliner740 😨 Best wishes mate!

@Th3Pr0digalS0n 7 ай бұрын

Yikes, youve been on an adventure 😬 I had covid a couple times... i don't envy you. Hope you fully recover. Those silver contacts almost seem like fools gold. I suspect there's less silver in them than they look. But as long as people are willing to pay 💸keep going 👍

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate - first dose for us! Not pleasant! A week later we are much better but still very little energy!

@theaussienurseflipper.8113 7 ай бұрын

Great idea with the magnet. I believe I saw in a video (I think it was sreetips vid, long time ago.) the silver only 60% cheers Graham

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Graham. Yep, that wouldn't surprise me. The percentage probably varies with age as companies are continually looking for ways to reduce costs and lowering the amount of silver used would be a priority!

@jasonpeters3228 5 ай бұрын

Cut through the copper coil with a cutter or even compound tin snip and the fine wire will come out with a flat head screwdriver easily. Well worth it and it take only seconds.

@TheUltimateRecycler 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Jason 👍😊

@deankdx 7 ай бұрын

i've got a few of these to check now. i don't expect i've got enough to warrant processing them but it will be something i keep an eye out for now. magnet is one of the best scrapper tools though as mentioned before, along with a file/grinder.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Scrappers need magnets stashed everywhere Dean! 👍😊

@johnsimpson8263 7 ай бұрын

The good ones all seemed to be switches rather than circuit breakers. This makes perfect sense as they usually have the bigger silver contacts as they have to isolate the whole switchboard rather than one circuit and generally not under fault conditions. The circuit breakers also have arc shutes in them usually steel or coated steel.

@christianschrepel1456 7 ай бұрын

Generally the ones with the red toggle / switch on the front will indicate a switch / isolator (with better scrap value) no magnet required 🙃

@johnsimpson8263 7 ай бұрын

@@christianschrepel1456 Often true, Schneider branded ones are like this, Hager ones though use a different shade of gray to define a switch vs MCB

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks guys, my knowledge on these things isn't great! I didn't even consider some were simply switches rather than breakers.

@glenhehir3833 7 ай бұрын

Gee they can be hit or miss. Even if they look the same. Interesting to see what’s inside one but. Thanks Chris. Take care mate.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Glen 😊👍

@luckygen1001 7 ай бұрын

I don't bother with them for the same reason. The silver alloy is used because it is less likely to weld together when the contacts close and that is why you will never see a copper contact point. If you want silver large fuses are the go and I think the old fashioned fuse wire used in household fuses is silver.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Lucky. I did quite well with silver from large HRC fuses! I've done a video on those recently 😊

@luckygen1001 7 ай бұрын

I don't know how I missed that one, will watch it now.@@TheUltimateRecycler

@alonys 7 ай бұрын

BigstackD has been collecting silver switches for a while. I am curious if it is possible to separate the silver through melting. I guess when it is a hobby it might be worthwhile to try. Good to see that again from something that doesn't look promising you get a nice return.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Sarit. I think proper silver refining involves acids and other chemicals - just melting will produce lots of different alloys and no way of telling the silver content.

@GeorgiaDogScrapper 7 ай бұрын

Great video, very informative. I have been breaking down my breakers. I do have a question though, that is I have been told that some solder is silver solder. If you have any info on this, I would love to see a video on it. Stay safe and see you on the next video.

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Dewey. They certainly use silver in solder and there are probably many different grades of it! The amount of solder though is relatively small and I would think certainly not viable to recover silver from in a hobby situation.

@GeorgiaDogScrapper 7 ай бұрын

@@TheUltimateRecycler thanks for that tid bit of info, I was looking at melting the solder from circuit boards for the silver recovery, but I just might have to leave it and focus on circuit breakers instead.