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Posted by John Grabowski on May 4, 2008, 10:09 am
> Is it worth it to strip bx cable(2 wire, and ground sheilded with
> metal casing) as opposed to bringing it to the scrap yard unstripped.
> Will I get more money if it is stripped.
You will get top dollar for bare copper wire. Steel is also going for a
good price now so keep the armor for the scrap yard as well.
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Posted by ransley on May 4, 2008, 12:58 pm
On May 4, 7:18=A0am, groundzero1...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Is it worth it to strip bx cable(2 wire, and ground sheilded with
> metal casing) as opposed to bringing it to the scrap yard unstripped.
> Will I get more money if it is stripped.
Copper is near 4$ a lb. 3-4x what it was a few years ago, actualy you
could make money melting Pennies, the older ones without alooy added,
but recently a law was passed making it illegal. Burn off the
insulation and check prices, your local scrap guy might sell it to a
smelter nearby that will pay you alot more for a small drive. I think
near $1.40 lb is what pennies break even at, and now at near 4.00
there is alot of money in copper. In Chicago people are stripping
telephone lines in alleys, pulling wire and pipe out of new
construction, stealing copper gutters and downspouts.
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Posted by Oren on May 4, 2008, 3:36 pm
On Sun, 4 May 2008 09:58:23 -0700 (PDT), ransley
> In Chicago people are stripping
>telephone lines in alleys, pulling wire and pipe out of new
>construction, stealing copper gutters and downspouts.
In Las Vegas they do the same. Here, one section of Freeway is without
lights. They park behind the sound barrier walls and pull wire from
the freeway lights. They caught some people and promptly put them in
prisonl after a speedy fair trial.
Heard one story where a crook electrician: STUBBED short wires to look
like outlet boxes had wires in them. The house had to be wired....)
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Posted by Rudy on May 4, 2008, 5:02 pm
> opposed to bringing it to the scrap yard unstripped..Will I get more money
if it is stripped.
CALL-THE-SCRAP-YARD
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Posted by David Nebenzahl on May 4, 2008, 7:53 pm
On 5/4/2008 5:18 AM groundzero1000@hotmail.com spake thus:
> Is it worth it to strip bx cable(2 wire, and ground sheilded with
> metal casing) as opposed to bringing it to the scrap yard unstripped.
> Will I get more money if it is stripped.
You're not one of those folks who "liberates" cable from construction
sites and accessible wiring in apartment buildings, are you? Why should
we tell you?
Like the son of a bitch who recently cut out my catalytic converter from
under my van. Probably used a portable Sawzall, nice clean cut ...
--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute
conversation with the average voter.
- Attributed to Winston Churchill
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