Back in my prime i was real fast at opening the casing open but i was using a plasma. When i would store them before dissecting them i always kept them upright to keep the oil in the bottom, less mess this way. Then when cutting day was here, even when i threw them on my lazy susan contraption(bar stool base spinner) i always kept them upright and then i just spun the lazy susan as i hold my plasma on it. i quit scrapping for about 5 years but i am back into it. even though i cannot find my lazy susan contraption i just walk around my outside bench with my 30 year old plasma and i am still under a minute opening the case up which isn't as fast as before but i consider not bad yet. So many think it is too time consuming or too hard, not to me i thought the reward was worth the time. I understand not everyone has access to a plasma though. it was one of my best tool investment many years ago.
In under a minute it's pretty fast 🚀, after reading your comment I totally consider buying a plasma cutter 😉👍. And I strongly agree that the reward is worth it, even if you deal with big quantities of AC units, thank you I really appreciate it!
@@ElectronicWasteExplorers These type of units that you were showing i start just below the top seam, plasma halfway around and then i make a straight cut down to just above those dimples and then i cut the other half and a straight line back up to my starting spot. i can usually do it without stopping in one continuous cut. If i stop it is because i got tangled up in my cords or the cord caught something that is why i liked my lazy susan contraption. i didn't move and lose my place.
Awesome pieces of advice you shared today 🙏 thank you very much my friend and welcome in the community 👍🚀 let's make the scrap easier and more profitable for everyone by sharing. God bless you
Did tons and tons with a Propane torch. After doing a bunch you know where to cut around each one to hit the springs that hold the whole works inside the case.
If you take your Jack hammer or air chisel till you used to split them you can use it to push the windings out in about two seconds instead of using a pry bar and working them out. The day I figured that out I started saving so much time and it made everything so much easier.
Thank you for advice, yeah I really agree that the pry bar is time consuming for this reason I started upgrading my set up to a hydraulic cylinder with an electric pump. I hope this set up to save me time and health. Thank you again buddy and welcome in the community 👍😉🚀
I have found that not all compressors are created equal. Not all compressors have copper wire in them. Some compressors have copper coated aluminum wire, it is a waste of time and materials to cut one of them open. So I cut a 2 inch square hole in the bottom so I can drain the oil and scratch the copper windings. If it is copper I will cut it open if it is aluminum I will recycle whole as mixed metal. It makes it easier to deal with when start the processing part, as I have already drained the oil I don't have to worry about making a huge mess.
Very impressive! I have been tearing them down for years. There is hidden value from those not willing to tear them down. Please tell me what tool you were using to split the motors! That beats every way I have been doing it. Thank you for the video!
Hello buddy 👋, I've dismantled more than 500 ac units I didn't find one to be aluminum but I'm sure that some companies in order to cut cost of production make aluminum stators instead of copper.
@@ElectronicWasteExplorers most of the newer ones use aluminum or steel now. The older ones might still be brass but in my opinion it’s not even worth it to look for them. You can knock them off with a hammer and chisel pretty quick and relatively easy if you get the right spot but the two that I knocked off added up to .17 pounds. Or about 25 cents worth of brass. Some people claim that it all adds up but I could have stripped an entire compressor in the time it took me to knock off those 2 tiny pieces.
Also in Australia, worked out abot 5.50 each, depending on size, broken down about 12.50. Takes me about 5 minutes with a plasma cutter....Got 4 44 gallon drums to do....
Hello brother how are you I hope you are well brother as you know Christmas is coming and I want to organize a thanksgiving program on this Christmas but I don't have enough money to organize the program please help us so that we can give gifts and food to the children please help as much as you want may God bless you and your children may God bless your business
Have you ever considered the silver around the copper tubing where it passes through the steel case? could be another product from the compressors for you to consider as a money maker.
Hello buddy, to be honest never give a thought to that part. Can you share more information with us like what quantity of silver can be recovered? Welcome in the community and thank you for watching buddy 👍😉🚀
@@ElectronicWasteExplorers In this video, looking at the quantity that you went through, my estimate would be about 6 oz of silver. 1. cut away the steel area around the copper pipe with about 3/4" extra, so not too close. 2. use a torch to heat the steel, copper, silver piece. 3. when it is red the silver will start to melt. At that point smack the heated piece over the edge of a metal tray and the silver and the copper will be knocked off the steel and the silver will splatter in the bottom of the tray. 4. You may need to re-heat the copper to get more silver off the tubing but end up with silver splatters in the tray. 5. Save the silver in a plastic bucket. When you have enough, add nitric acid. Do this outside and use a respirator. 6. When reaction is finished, add urea to neutralize the acid. 7. Filter the solution through a cloth and then add copper pipe or bars to the solution. Copper is more reactive so the silver nitrate will be replaced by copper nitrate. The reaction will be a powder forming on the copper. It will all just fall off and look like concrete at the bottom of the bucket. 8. When the reaction is finished, remove the copper and rinse the silver with hot water until the blue looking water is all washed away. 9. You are now ready to melt your silver into a solid bar or whatever you want to pour it into. The purity will be between 94-98% pure. There are videos out there to get you more comfortable with it but the math runs $180 in silver with 4 hours time and $20 in chemicals and gas for heat. Hope this helps, or at least runs you down another rabbit hole LOL keep up the good work.
Get the copper started out and take it out of the vise hold the steel laminations in your hand and use a ball pean hammer on the copper winding and they fall right out 90 percent of the time. Motors that have gone through a burnout are the worst to scrap
obrigado pelo video... mas tem uma observação muito importante pra quem estar começando... nunca ,eu disse nunca use a lixadeira com esse disco que é de um policorte, e nunca ,NUNCA MESMO RETIRE A PROTEÇÃO DO DISCO . use o disco adequando para cada lixadeira, eu uso um lixadeira de discos de 7 polegadas ,e corto ate 20 motores com um disco ,sem forçar e mantendo a segurança sempre em primeiro lugar
I split them with a 12 cm flat chisel for a hammer drill, this way copper comes more easily than cutting only the end of winding. Now I'm working to build a hydraulic cylinder with an electric pump so I can automate the process. Thank you for watching brother and welcome in the community 😉👍
@ I watch @Projectshopflorda and he has a system to cut and pull them I and gonna try making one and starting out with the sealed units like u did just trying to find more ways to do it
Yes some of the ac units that I dismantled to recover these sealed units were in good working condition, but here we're I leave second hand ac doesn't have a big market so it's hard to make some profits selling second hand ac units.👍😉🚀
I Used a torch when I did them worked fine and fast but it wasn't worth the time and head ache to be honest for me especially back then copper wasn't as high as it is now so
Copper for the last couple of years has skyrocketed and I'm sure it will continue to do so In the near future also. Thank you friend and welcome in the community 👍😉🚀
I recently made a video where I did like 1800lbs of em. I believe 38 cents a pound is all they were worth after taking them apart. But that’s in American money.
Hello buddy 👋, yeah I remove the the grinder protection so I can place a bigger steel cutting disk it's more efficient, but during the cutting process I'm wearing an protection face mask. Thank you for watching and feel more than welcome to join the community 👍😉🚀
There is a more efficient way to cutting these things one cut around on the bottom then the bottom part falls off then one cut along the top and the stator comes out the stator comes out
Brother, peace be upon you and may God bless your business greatly. It is written in the word of God, give so that it may be given to you. Brother, as you know, Christmas is coming and I want to organize a thanksgiving program, but I do not have enough money to organize the program. Please help us so that we can organize a thanksgiving program. May God bless you, your business, and your children greatly.
Unfortunately sealed units don't contain armatures, just plain steel rotors. Sure if they were equipped with armatures, that would be some extra bucks for our pockets.👍🚀 Thank you for watching brother 😉
@ElectronicWasteExplorers Brother, I want you to do this work on a large scale. This work is all mine. My request is that you invite me to your place so that we can work together on a commercial level. May God bless you.
I just want to take a few moments to simply say to each one of you a humble..... THANK YOU !❤🚀
Back in my prime i was real fast at opening the casing open but i was using a plasma. When i would store them before dissecting them i always kept them upright to keep the oil in the bottom, less mess this way. Then when cutting day was here, even when i threw them on my lazy susan contraption(bar stool base spinner) i always kept them upright and then i just spun the lazy susan as i hold my plasma on it. i quit scrapping for about 5 years but i am back into it. even though i cannot find my lazy susan contraption i just walk around my outside bench with my 30 year old plasma and i am still under a minute opening the case up which isn't as fast as before but i consider not bad yet. So many think it is too time consuming or too hard, not to me i thought the reward was worth the time. I understand not everyone has access to a plasma though. it was one of my best tool investment many years ago.
In under a minute it's pretty fast 🚀, after reading your comment I totally consider buying a plasma cutter 😉👍.
And I strongly agree that the reward is worth it, even if you deal with big quantities of AC units, thank you I really appreciate it!
@@ElectronicWasteExplorers These type of units that you were showing i start just below the top seam, plasma halfway around and then i make a straight cut down to just above those dimples and then i cut the other half and a straight line back up to my starting spot. i can usually do it without stopping in one continuous cut. If i stop it is because i got tangled up in my cords or the cord caught something that is why i liked my lazy susan contraption. i didn't move and lose my place.
Awesome pieces of advice you shared today 🙏 thank you very much my friend and welcome in the community 👍🚀 let's make the scrap easier and more profitable for everyone by sharing. God bless you
Lucky for fast forward !!!!
I try my best to not get you bored 👍😉🚀
Thank you very much
Respect for a hard working man! Hello from Paralimni, Cyprus!
Thank you brother 👍😉 ....I wish you all the best my friend 🚀
@@ElectronicWasteExplorers you have facebook adress? I want to contact you to ask some things!
Dear friend I will upload my business email on my channel description. Thank you for being a great community member 👍😉🚀
Did tons and tons with a Propane torch. After doing a bunch you know where to cut around each one to hit the springs that hold the whole works inside the case.
For sure for the next batch of compressors I will process, I will upgrade my setup with a plasma cutter.
Thank you for your advice 👍😉🚀
If you take your Jack hammer or air chisel till you used to split them you can use it to push the windings out in about two seconds instead of using a pry bar and working them out. The day I figured that out I started saving so much time and it made everything so much easier.
Thank you for advice, yeah I really agree that the pry bar is time consuming for this reason I started upgrading my set up to a hydraulic cylinder with an electric pump. I hope this set up to save me time and health.
Thank you again buddy and welcome in the community 👍😉🚀
May God bless you and may today be the happiest day of your life.
Thank you 🙏 friend 👍😉🚀
I have found that not all compressors are created equal. Not all compressors have copper wire in them. Some compressors have copper coated aluminum wire, it is a waste of time and materials to cut one of them open.
So I cut a 2 inch square hole in the bottom so I can drain the oil and scratch the copper windings. If it is copper I will cut it open if it is aluminum I will recycle whole as mixed metal.
It makes it easier to deal with when start the processing part, as I have already drained the oil I don't have to worry about making a huge mess.
Great piece of advice brother, thank you and I really appreciate that you shared with us.
Welcome in the community 👍😉🚀 thank you again!
Very impressive! I have been tearing them down for years. There is hidden value from those not willing to tear them down. Please tell me what tool you were using to split the motors! That beats every way I have been doing it.
Thank you for the video!
Thank you,friend. The tool I use to split them is a 12 cm flat chisel for hammer drill, you can order it from the internet.
Thank you for watching 😉🚀👍
Good job 👍👍👍
Pozdrawiam serdecznie 🤗
Thank you buddy 😉👍 I really appreciate it 🚀
Don't forget to tell people they are not all copper, some will be aluminum and some will be half copper and half aluminum
Hello buddy 👋, I've dismantled more than 500 ac units I didn't find one to be aluminum but I'm sure that some companies in order to cut cost of production make aluminum stators instead of copper.
Some compressors have brass counterbalance on the rotors
To be sincere, I thought to recover the brass from the rotors but never give it a try.
Is it time consuming or is it coming out easy?
@@ElectronicWasteExplorers most of the newer ones use aluminum or steel now. The older ones might still be brass but in my opinion it’s not even worth it to look for them. You can knock them off with a hammer and chisel pretty quick and relatively easy if you get the right spot but the two that I knocked off added up to .17 pounds. Or about 25 cents worth of brass. Some people claim that it all adds up but I could have stripped an entire compressor in the time it took me to knock off those 2 tiny pieces.
In Australia will sell them complete, getting 90cents a kg.
Good Information, here in Cyprus we get approx the same price. thank you 👍😉🚀
Also in Australia, worked out abot 5.50 each, depending on size, broken down about 12.50. Takes me about 5 minutes with a plasma cutter....Got 4 44 gallon drums to do....
Good info buddy thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it!
Hello brother how are you I hope you are well brother as you know Christmas is coming and I want to organize a thanksgiving program on this Christmas but I don't have enough money to organize the program please help us so that we can give gifts and food to the children please help as much as you want may God bless you and your children may God bless your business
Have you ever considered the silver around the copper tubing where it passes through the steel case? could be another product from the compressors for you to consider as a money maker.
Hello buddy, to be honest never give a thought to that part. Can you share more information with us like what quantity of silver can be recovered?
Welcome in the community and thank you for watching buddy 👍😉🚀
@@ElectronicWasteExplorers In this video, looking at the quantity that you went through, my estimate would be about 6 oz of silver.
1. cut away the steel area around the copper pipe with about 3/4" extra, so not too close.
2. use a torch to heat the steel, copper, silver piece.
3. when it is red the silver will start to melt. At that point smack the heated piece over the edge of a metal tray and the silver and the copper will be knocked off the steel and the silver will splatter in the bottom of the tray.
4. You may need to re-heat the copper to get more silver off the tubing but end up with silver splatters in the tray.
5. Save the silver in a plastic bucket. When you have enough, add nitric acid. Do this outside and use a respirator.
6. When reaction is finished, add urea to neutralize the acid.
7. Filter the solution through a cloth and then add copper pipe or bars to the solution. Copper is more reactive so the silver nitrate will be replaced by copper nitrate. The reaction will be a powder forming on the copper. It will all just fall off and look like concrete at the bottom of the bucket.
8. When the reaction is finished, remove the copper and rinse the silver with hot water until the blue looking water is all washed away.
9. You are now ready to melt your silver into a solid bar or whatever you want to pour it into. The purity will be between 94-98% pure.
There are videos out there to get you more comfortable with it but the math runs $180 in silver with 4 hours time and $20 in chemicals and gas for heat.
Hope this helps, or at least runs you down another rabbit hole LOL keep up the good work.
My friend you are the best 🚀😉 thank you very much and who knows maybe I will do a video in the future about this topic.
I wish you all the best ❤️
Get the copper started out and take it out of the vise hold the steel laminations in your hand and use a ball pean hammer on the copper winding and they fall right out 90 percent of the time. Motors that have gone through a burnout are the worst to scrap
Thank you buddy, I will definitely give your advice a try 😉🚀.
obrigado pelo video...
mas tem uma observação muito importante pra quem estar começando...
nunca ,eu disse nunca use a lixadeira com esse disco que é de um policorte, e nunca ,NUNCA MESMO RETIRE A PROTEÇÃO DO DISCO .
use o disco adequando para cada lixadeira, eu uso um lixadeira de discos de 7 polegadas ,e corto ate 20 motores com um disco ,sem forçar e mantendo a segurança sempre em primeiro lugar
That's a very good piece of advice 👍 thank you very much brother and welcome in the community 😉👍🚀
What were you splitting them with?
I split them with a 12 cm flat chisel for a hammer drill, this way copper comes more easily than cutting only the end of winding. Now I'm working to build a hydraulic cylinder with an electric pump so I can automate the process.
Thank you for watching brother and welcome in the community 😉👍
@ I watch @Projectshopflorda and he has a system to cut and pull them I and gonna try making one and starting out with the sealed units like u did just trying to find more ways to do it
Totally agree brother, with that system built it will be much easier to pull the copper out.
Thank you for reaching out 👍🚀😉
Рабочие компрессоры были же их можно было куда нибудь использовать или продать целыми
Yes some of the ac units that I dismantled to recover these sealed units were in good working condition, but here we're I leave second hand ac doesn't have a big market so it's hard to make some profits selling second hand ac units.👍😉🚀
I Used a torch when I did them worked fine and fast but it wasn't worth the time and head ache to be honest for me especially back then copper wasn't as high as it is now so
Copper for the last couple of years has skyrocketed and I'm sure it will continue to do so In the near future also.
Thank you friend and welcome in the community 👍😉🚀
What tool is that chisel
This is a 12 cm flat chisel for hammer drill.
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Thank you for watching 😉🚀👍
Great video my friend i got tons of these debating if i should to them or just sell them at .38 cents a lb
Thank you my friend 👍 I'm more than happy I've helped, even a little bit 😉🚀
I recently made a video where I did like 1800lbs of em. I believe 38 cents a pound is all they were worth after taking them apart. But that’s in American money.
@@scrapmanindustries hmm good to know
Porque le saco la protección a la amoladora?
Hello buddy 👋, yeah I remove the the grinder protection so I can place a bigger steel cutting disk it's more efficient, but during the cutting process I'm wearing an protection face mask.
Thank you for watching and feel more than welcome to join the community 👍😉🚀
There is a more efficient way to cutting these things one cut around on the bottom then the bottom part falls off then one cut along the top and the stator comes out the stator comes out
I will definitely give it a try 😉
Brother, peace be upon you and may God bless your business greatly. It is written in the word of God, give so that it may be given to you. Brother, as you know, Christmas is coming and I want to organize a thanksgiving program, but I do not have enough money to organize the program. Please help us so that we can organize a thanksgiving program. May God bless you, your business, and your children greatly.
Where you getting $7 a pound for copper? Year?
My bad buddy 👍, I want to say 7$/kg.
Thank you very much and sorry for the mismatch 😉🚀
Sawzall?
That could work too 😉🚀👍 thank you buddy.
What about the silver?
Good point 👉 I'm saving the motherboards for further processing before I'm sending them to the scrap yard.👍
What about the copper in the armatures? Why didn't you scrap that?
Unfortunately sealed units don't contain armatures, just plain steel rotors. Sure if they were equipped with armatures, that would be some extra bucks for our pockets.👍🚀
Thank you for watching brother 😉
Too slow with the grinder. Not to mention the expenses. Get you a plasma cutter otherwise your pretty much losing money.
I will definitely acquire a plasma cutter 😉. Thank you I really appreciate it 👍🚀
I wasn't as excited as he was, so I didn't hit that like button.
Thank you for your sincere feedback 🙏😉🚀
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you buddy 👍😉🚀
How are you? Your video is very good. I want to talk to you. May God bless you.❤
I'm great 👍 🚀, how can I help you?
@ElectronicWasteExplorers Brother, I want you to do this work on a large scale. This work is all mine. My request is that you invite me to your place so that we can work together on a commercial level. May God bless you.
Not a bad idea 😉 keep in touch!👍
Does the narator really need to speak like the guy was on an ultimate mission with his life being at risk? 🤦
I lready know its worth it...thats how i gwt my copper...besides wire
You are right buddy, good source of copper 👍😉