How To Scrap Plugs & Outlets!

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In this video I first remove the prongs for brass and a little bit of copper wire
I then show how I take apart outlets to recover brass.
Hi, my name is James and I love scrapping metal for money. I scrap it all, copper, brass, aluminum etc...
Come join me on my scrapping adventures where I share how I scrap items for easy money. I sometimes will go street scrapping or dumpster diving looking for scrap metal.
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@hubertyoung6940 2 месяца назад

I'm glad I found these videos your doing I'm learning alot thank you

@scrapitall200 2 месяца назад

Awesome, I’m so glad to have helped. Thank you for watching.

@simodo11 4 месяца назад

Love your informative videos ,great tips and have put to good use . Thank you

@scrapitall200 4 месяца назад

That’s so great to hear! Thank you, I appreciate that.

@EricScrapping4Dinidog 2 месяца назад

I would’ve never thought there’s that much in a plug

@scrapitall200 2 месяца назад

It sure does add up! Thank you so much for watching.

@cuetTimmonz 11 месяцев назад

thx great video. i have copper wire and pipes to scrap. brass now too. great help.

@scrapitall200 11 месяцев назад

Yay, you got some good scrap to work with. Thank you for watching.

@ronisaarinen8526 Год назад

Man you made it look so easy😅

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I think you’ll find that it is pretty easy. Little tip, with the plugs, put them out in the hot sun for a few hours and they’ll soften up real nice, making it even easier! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment.

@ThatsRightRecycling 11 месяцев назад

I use tile nippers for 110 volt plug 🔌, another awesome video Sir

@scrapitall200 11 месяцев назад

I’ll have to give those a try one day, after I find a pair. Lol. Thanks again my friend.

@qwer123211 Год назад

Use a pair of vise grips and when turning it in the vise, use the round edge of the vise grip when turning. Works every time.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I actually don’t own a pair of vide grips, I’m waiting to find a pair for free or for a pair a pair I can buy cheap at a yard sale. Thank you for the tip and for watching, I appreciate it.

@karlbe8414 Год назад

My excellent scrap yard allows plugs on with low grade insulated. A while back I did what you are doing and weighed up the brass and copper, did some math and it paid more to just leave the plugs on! Big time saver. I just got some older outlets and the screws are brass as well. For me its a hammer on concrete. Older outlets are more brittle! Time is money. My last brass cash in was $2.40/lb for clean brass, the highest that I have seen. I had a 50lb. box, but it has been a while. $510 total load in my old Toyota Celica!!

@scrapitall200 Год назад

That’s so awesome your yard allows you to leave them on. Easy money that way! I love how brass just adds up so fast. Great payday my friend and thank you for your comment.

@steelisthemeal Год назад

Scrappin done ✅ right 👍

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Thank you buddy, you’re too kind. Thanks for all of your support, I truly appreciate it.

@JohnJoe-pf8of 8 месяцев назад

Awesome

@scrapitall200 8 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@anthonycolangeli4133 11 месяцев назад

It all adds up! Nice tips on the outlets. God Bless!

@scrapitall200 11 месяцев назад

It sure does. Thank you and God bless you too!

@scrapnjunk81 Год назад

Amazing what you can find and what people throw out. Thanks for showing us the removal of the prongs. I have 1000 of them

@scrapitall200 Год назад

You're welcome. I like to do them when I'm scrapping whatever they came off of, saving them up and doing a bunch at once gets real boring real fast lol

@user-vn7rl3kt2o 6 месяцев назад

Great video

@scrapitall200 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@user-vn7rl3kt2o 2 месяца назад

@@scrapitall200you are welcome

@philipromeo8028 Год назад

Good vid. Micro scrapping at its best. I do agree with the post from one of your subs boiling them is so much easier. God bless you

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Thank you and thanks for watching. I’m going to have to try boiling them and see how well that works. God bless you too!

@nightscrapperuk13 Год назад

Nice way of doing the plugs in your vice, yeah are outlets are bigger but still have steel inside of them but there ceramic witch is good to use a hammer 🔨 to break down the ceramic, great info buddy 👍

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Yeah I’ve wondered what European ones are like. Thank you my friend and thank you for watching.

@nightscrapperuk13 Год назад

@@scrapitall200 you may see some very soon my friend and your welcome

@scrapitall200 Год назад

@@nightscrapperuk13 oh cool! I’ll definitely enjoy seeing that!

@johnnydavenport2015 Год назад

I found an old toaster oven someone threw away in a dumpster. Took it home and plugged it in and it still worked. I use it to heat up a bunch of plug at a time and the brass and copper slide right out with channel lock pliers and the sidecutters pliers

@scrapitall200 Год назад

That’s awesome! I heard boiling them in water works well too, think I’ll try that one day and of course make a video of it. Thank you so much for watching.

@SouthernScrapBucket Год назад

Very clean and well organized work area. Impressive. You are a fairly clear speaker in how you speak and how you go from point to point. Folks who watch your breakdown videos will understand how to do whatever you are teaching. You will probably do well along the way. I'm not sure what happened, but your comments from my last video have disappeared. I'm sure I've done something for that to happen, and I hate that. I was enjoying the thread. Looking forward to more of your work.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Thank you! I clean my bench and sweep up at the end of each day. I can’t work when things are messy. Thanks, bud, I appreciate your feedback and positive words.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I saw they disappeared. I was hoping I hadn’t said something I shouldn’t have, but I figured it must’ve been a RU-vid glitch or something. Thanks, I’m looking forward to watching yours, there’s something relaxing about your accent I enjoy.

@SouthernScrapBucket Год назад

You are the second person to say that in two days. I won't go into detail here how that conversation went.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

😂😂

@CandSMINING Год назад

Like your video. I scrap almost everything. Can't seem to find a place for all the plastic. I really like circuit breakers, brass and silver contacts. 👍 Thanks for sharing. I subbed.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Thank you! I scrap it all 😂 Yeah I’d love to have a place to recycle all of the plastic. Thank you so much for subscribing to my channel, I really appreciate it.

@westcoastSRT4 22 дня назад

I just did about 50 of these, i boiled mine in water, as soon as it boiled i shut it off, dump off the water and wait 10 minutes, pulled with just a gloved hand and side cutters, i found more of them came out with the copper attached

@scrapitall200 22 дня назад

@@westcoastSRT4 that’s awesome. I did a video after this one where I boiled them but I prefer using the sun to soften them up. Thank you for watching

@invisibilianone6288 9 месяцев назад

If you happen to be scrapping an RV, I need to find a power connection receptacle also a 12volt spark unit ( found on water heaters, furnaces, fridge) ⚡😎☕ Scrapitall, another good show, here🎯

@scrapitall200 9 месяцев назад

I’ll keep that in mind if I ever come across those things and let you know. Thank you so much buddy. I really appreciate you supporting my channel and always leaving comments.

@invisibilianone6288 9 месяцев назад

@@scrapitall200 you bet👍 I have been sharing the link⚡😎☕

@scrapitall200 9 месяцев назад

@@invisibilianone6288 thank you so much, you rock!

@invisibilianone6288 9 месяцев назад

@@scrapitall200 yes, I have one of those between my ears😂😂😂

@scrapitall200 9 месяцев назад

@@invisibilianone6288 I like my rock it’s smooth and not too heavy 😂😂

@karlbe8414 Год назад

I highly recommend Crescent's compound side cutters! They are supposed to be life time guranteed, but regardless, I will buy the very same side cutters if the completely break. I like the extra power and narrow tips. The spring back mechanism can break, but its unnecessary. Nice comfy grips that stay put. Truly! I am lusting after your vise!

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I’ve heard good stuff about their cutters. I’ll have to look into what they got, thanks for that. Yeah it’s been the perfect vise for me and what I scrap. Thank you for watching some of my videos.

@BelloCruz 7 месяцев назад

👍🖐

@scrapitall200 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching another video!

@christophervosburgh7630 9 месяцев назад

I save up plugs and switches till I have a bunch then use my cordless driver to remove every screw to get the copper then use my magnet to sort the screws then when I break the plugs and switches I lay an old rag over them then smash them with the hammer. It keeps the pieces from flying everywhere in my shop.

@scrapitall200 9 месяцев назад

That’s awesome, thank you for watching.

@greatitbroke 6 месяцев назад

You could use a heat gun on those stove plugs. Heats them up nice just don't get too close with the guns. They can give off fumes. Alost if you heat up the whole thing the heavy wire may come out too. Bonus.

@scrapitall200 6 месяцев назад

Good idea, thank you!

@JohnDisque Год назад

Putting these in boiling water for a few minutes makes this job simple but they cool down quickly so you have to kind of balance it with doing 10 or so at a time between projects. If you accumulate a substantial amount, and every scrapper should have a bucket full after 6 months of scrapping, it is time well spent. Peace

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I’ve heard of that method and haven’t tried it yet, but I will be soon. I actually like to do them as I’m scrapping the item I just cut them off of, I don’t like to let them accumulate cause then it’s a lot of monotonous work lol. Thank you for watching.

@markmarion9887 Год назад

Great video. Might also look into switches and circuit breakers. Both have brass and some (mostly circuit breakers) have silver that can easily be scrapped.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Absolutely and I do have a bunch, I just didn’t include them in that video. Perhaps I should make a video with those in them. Thank you for your comment and taking the time to watch my video.

@DavidGS66 Год назад

My scrap yard doesn't care if I don't cut plugs off, in which case I recommend not cutting them off because of problems you had with 1st plug. Sometimes the Copper in plug has a collar, in which case it won't pull out with plug. As for dryer plug, bothcutters can get prongs out.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I wish my yard wouldn’t care if they were left on. I’ll have to try the bolt cutter method. Thank you and thank you for watching.

@BushDogScrapper Год назад

Great tips thanks for sharing this!

@scrapitall200 Год назад

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching, bud

@MrLeonard55 Год назад

You could also put the outlet in a vise to take out the screws. A cordless drill comes in handy to.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

That’s a good idea. I personally try to not use power tools in my videos only for the fact that some viewers might not have one and I’m hoping to show ways to do it without. I appreciate your feedback, thank you.

@Tom-pi1cz Год назад

Use the pliers with the vice. Wont have to bend your wrist. Great leverage.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Thank you for the tip, I appreciate it and thank you for watching.

@scrapperbrad Год назад

Great video!

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

@riverboat28 6 месяцев назад

Rubber trash barrel and a heavy sledge, use the bottom of the sledge to smash them in the barrel and just grab the brass and easy clean up

@scrapitall200 6 месяцев назад

I have two separate videos on plugs and outlets now. Thank you for watching and for your suggestion.

@thedwindles Год назад

Did you ever see that video Thubprint did where he left his plugs in some boiling water to loosen up the rubber? I haven't tried pulling the brass from plugins yet but I should start. Your video is giving me good ideas! thanks!

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I did see that video. Only reason I don’t try that is cause it’ll cost money with the electricity or propane to boil water and that would cut into my profits. Although I’m thinking about trying it over a fire in my fire pit. Thank you! Glad my video has helped.

@thedwindles Год назад

@@scrapitall200 Understandable and the fire is a good idea!

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I’m going to save up a bunch of plugs and make a video boiling them in water using a fire and see how it works.

@thedwindles Год назад

@@scrapitall200 Nice!

@Kreacher1974 11 месяцев назад

I use a pair of vice grips to hold the plugs

@scrapitall200 11 месяцев назад

Believe it or not, I don’t even own a pair of those lol. Thank you for watching.

@Kreacher1974 11 месяцев назад

@scrapitall200 I love watching your videos. You make them about the topic at hand and not about yourself like some other scrappers do.

@scrapitall200 11 месяцев назад

@@Kreacher1974 thank you very much, I appreciate that.

@danmassie1942 Год назад

I have an old slow cooker I put water in and cook them for HR they come out easy

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I've heard of that method before! Thanks for the tip

@dr.a006 9 месяцев назад

Double check those big “brass” lamps aren’t just die cast. That happened to me once when I didn’t know better. I bought a big heavy lamp similar to that for $5 or $8 at the thrift store thinking I’d score on brass. It was die cast and I basically broke even on the weight😅 I found an entire brass bed frame once and that was sweet, like $100+ after I cleaned it up!

@scrapitall200 9 месяцев назад

Yeah I’m pretty good at checking things with a file, fortunately every thing I get is free lol. That’s sweet, I love when things are heavy brass. Thank you for watching bud.

@dr.a006 9 месяцев назад

@@scrapitall200 everything I get is also free, yay! The lamp was a learning experience, at least I didn’t lose money, but the thing was like 15+ lbs “brass”! (So I thought) And figured I could buy it for $5 and make $25😅oops! Now I know my metals better!👍

@scrapitall200 9 месяцев назад

@@dr.a006 I’ve learned that when they are really heavy, they aren’t brass lol. Mostly.

@cuetTimmonz 11 месяцев назад

how about the ones with 4 plugs, in one, those any good 4 brass?

@scrapitall200 11 месяцев назад

Yeah they all have brass in them. I do all of this as a hobby and I get a lot of joy doing what I do. I think it’s all worth it. Thank you for your question.

@mikerichards6311 Год назад

👍🙏

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I appreciate you watching.

@mikefuegmann Год назад

Try a nail puller, it's a rounded nose. Perfect for a vice.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

That is a fantastic idea, thank you! And thank you for watching.

@harrynova4859 Год назад

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Hello, how are you?

@phillipcooze7668 Год назад

boil the plugs first yo will get the more and cut the windings in the motors instead of the steel

@scrapitall200 Год назад

I haven’t tried boiling them yet but I’m going ti try that method down the road. Thank you for watching.

@phillipcooze7668 Год назад

@@scrapitall200 it softens the rubber around the plug and makes it easier to pull out dont work good with plastic tho plugs

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Good information, thank you for sharing, I appreciate it.

@Swishersweetcigarilo Год назад

My yard let's me throw in whole plugs for brass price. It's usually only around 10 of them in a 20 pound bucket but they never say anything.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Oh wow! That makes it real easy then. Mine won’t even pay me dirty brass for them. Thank you for watching and subscribing.

@larrycraig6403 Год назад

I’m enjoying your videos but I am having trouble hearing you for some reason whether on my iPad or my computer. I don’t know if anyone else is having issues also.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

Thank you for letting me know, I’ll try and work on my audio. Thank you so much for watching and enjoying my videos!

@DavidGS66 Год назад

As for the electrical outlets, I don't do them, yield too small, many are brittle, but many are too tough to hammer. I don't agree with this guy using screwdriver the way he did at 6:30 because eventually he will stab his hand with screwdriver. Vice grips.

@scrapitall200 Год назад

That’s exactly why I was telling viewers to remove the screws before breaking the outlets apart. Done properly 100 hundred of them and never hurt myself yet. Thank you for watching.