Should you strip Aluminum Wire
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- Shark Scrapper and Geek Shark team up to help you understand if you should spend the time stripping aluminum wire.
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Absolutely
It’s a side hustle. Extra cash for me doesn’t have to be an hourly rate. This way I don’t pressure myself to make sure I am getting the best rate per hour. If you have the time and the copper why not throw a couple of bucks in your pocket.
I agree. Time is of little concern for those doing this as a hobby or side hustle. But it can be useful to understand how to spend the time if you have multiple projects going on.
Another thing you got to watch in your aluminum wire is to make sure it isn't ACSR (Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced), which is used in overhead wiring. One, it will downgrade your wire due to the steel center wire and two, if you are using cable cutters, it will ruin them!! I always strip my aluminum wire, but my yard has a higher price above aluminum for aluminum wire. And I usually get 100 lbs or more when I get it. Good analysis!!
That's an awesome tip/warning Roger, thank you for sharing that. I've not run into any of that yet.
Its more efficient to feed them into the machine all at once and then turn the machine off, then peel the insulation off all at once
I never got around to performing any time trials but suspect you are correct. We'll need to see if I pick up any electrician clients in my new location and get back to big wire runs again.
I am told that this is a better grade of aluminum and should be higher than extrusion. But this is scrap life thanks for sharing this six stars
Like everything in our scrap life, it depends on your yard. Some yards do pay better for it as noted by a couple comments in this stream. I wish my yard was one of those.
Makes a good wacker that stuff,
As a hobbyist I think it’s worth it .. I double cut all the bigger stuff also its easier to me .. I love it when you do this videos 👊🏻
I'd say it's especially worth it for you since your end game is to get material you can cast. Glad you like the vids.
@@sharkscrapper yes sir love them 👊🏻
Here in holland its worth it most alu wire have a little bit of copper ground wire in it and the stripped alu is about the same price as extruded alu
Interesting that there's a Cu ground wire in it. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you , you just made striping that stuff winter work . But if you want I got some drywall that needs filled and sanded I'll pay you $10 an hr with lunch
🤣 nope, Sharky don't do dry wall any more.
9:24 glad you took over geek🦈. No way i was gonna trust what the other guy had to say
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Most yards call unstripped "neoprene" and stripped "EC"
Good to know
First time I brought some in I was pleasantly surprised at price because it’s a high grade aluminum. I think I’ve even got around $0.75/lb unstripped in the past.
That's a very nice price. Yes, it is nice clean Al inside.
Hey Shark great video and info! I do strip it if it's thicker stuff or like Roger said if it has a steel center wire I'll strip it out!
CheeRs have a great day!
thanks Bush Dog
Unless you are doing this for pure profit, there is a certain therapeutic value to the whole process. Sometimes it's just fun.
Very true, it can be very therapeutic.
My yard pay's .33lb so not bad.
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I get all kinds of aluminum wire but it's in th 14 to 16 gauge size. Its stranded really not stripable do you separate that from the copper wire and bring it in seperate.
Yes, my non-ferrous yard wants the insulated Al wire separated from the insulated copper wire.
Got .71/ib last week for aluminum wire stripped, extruded was .67
That's very good.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
I use alot of that kinda wire my yard pays pennies for that wire I toss it in the dumpster
That's unfortunate they don't pay you better for it.
I found it ,stripped it and got .71/ib😅
But seriously some yards just don't want it I guess.
@@paulcoenen7918 u might have we have thrown away hundreds of feet of that stuff
I don't strip aluminium cable. Although I never had any aluminium cable as thick as you had there. It might be worth it.
Stripping wire is always HEAVILY dependent on what price you get for what. There are several categories of wire with different levels of prices, usually decided on weight percentage of metal content. At my places the different grades are 37%, >60% and >70% copper. So IF your cable JUST makes it into a category, don't strip it. Your pay per hour will be small. It can even be slightly negative.
(Example: Thick 5 stranded installation cable for 3phase power already are >70% copper when still in its outside insulation. If you take off the outer layer, you still only have >70% copper in 5 insulated individual conductors, but less weight. So you have to strip those 5 conductors down to bare metal increase the pay. But you have to make 6 stripping runs and take off a lot of weight. A lot of work for the pay.)
The trick is to do the steps that gets you into the money zone. Often it is just stripping the outside layer of thinner cables. Normal household cable usually is 70%. THAT step is worth it!
I couldn't agree with you more about the need to pay attention to the time vs return. A lot of scrappers don't consider how much they're making relative to the time spent. I did a similar ROI video on ROMEX and was surprised by the outcome.
@@sharkscrapper I have seen a roller machine with large rollers that a guy used for squishing the cable. It fell completely apart after that and you could just pick the metal out of squished strands of plastic.
The machine was VERY beefy with a large motor. Probably intended for rolling metal.
I just know romex from US scrapping videos. In Germany the ground also needs an insulation which needs to be green/yellow striped. Romex might be nice because it has less plastic per copper.
Noooo not maths😂😂😂
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