I see a lot of these people breaking down microwaves the magnetron and the Transformers. Most people don't understand that you can get radiation poisoning from the magnetron itself. And the capacitor still hold a high charge on them if you're not careful it will zap you. I have been Zapped before I am a appliance technician I fix all appliances
If you peel the back of the fridge off (only takes a few minutes, some have screws) you will get a copper line that runs from compressor to the aluminium rad. Also compressor has copper in it if you want to take apart, it's kinda tough if you don't have the right tools. I have a stihl saw but a big grinder will work as well (try one and then you can decide if it's worth it). They pay a different price for compressors around here 10 cent per pound, so check what steel price is and take off or leave on depending on what pays more
Good to know these hundreds of aluminum "looking" heat sinks pulled from the PC's I've scrapped are actually copper!! That's makes them worth a LOT more money! Thanks!!
i was cracking up when you had everything in the fridge with the door wide open and you flipped it the wrong way into your truck? Wow your a trip. Watching you is to funny. I love your passion thou hope you make a ton
DUDE. You dont know how to scrap SAFELY. in your other video, you showed us how to scrap a microwave without acknowledging the fact that you couldve been killed by the electrical charge still present in the capacitor(not inlcluding the magnetron which can cause cancer). Now you are scrapping a fridge without evacuating it of Freon-which is released when the copper tubing is cut-which is dangerous if inhaled or contacted with the skin. BE SAFE AND DO MORE RESEARCH, BUD'!
Well he’s gone now. I never really liked this guy because he is so uneducated about the dangerous acts he dose. Now I see that he did this whole cross thing and it’s really sweet of him.
Not how I scrap refrigerator, I also remove compressor and cut it off top with grinder for 1.5 pounds copper. I also fill ref with scrap metal to save trip.
People aren't throwing away $26.25 in scrap.....they're waiting for someone like yourself to come along and take three hours to load, unload, tear down, drive to the scrap yard, load and unload again after waiting in line....waiting to get paid and then driving home.
When i scrap a refrig, not only do I tear it down, but I fill the cavity with extra steel (old steel wheels, etc.) I wouldn't waste my time for $26.60 when I can bring in a lot more at one clip.
No they pay you by the metal. Aluminum, wires, sheet metal, copper etc.. they have different price. If you don't strip it, they will only pay for the outer shell of the refrigerator which is the $22.05 that he got.
I actually think its good that people try to scam by adding weight and stuff like that. It makes the value of improperly scrapped metal cheaper and gives a little more room for professionals that dont fuck around and do it right.
You are actually incorrect too. Copper is a better conductor (one type of heat transfer), but aluminum is a better radiator(another type) due to lower density. Metal cost has to do with scarcity and other uses such as retrieval costs, how it machines, and its durability. That's why gold is so expensive, not because of its conductive properties.
Not how it works aluminum makes up 8% of the crust of earth copper is harder to extract like gold gold is common but the hardness of the collection make it expensive
Four years ago in South Carolina, you could get $50.00 for that fridge without removing anything at all at the scrap places. I don't know what it's like now, cause I don't live there anymore.
my moms getting rid of her old fridge bc it doesnt work. i just came to see what the guy will make off of our old fridge. i got an email from a guy that said if you cant find anyone that will take it for free, pay me $15 and ill remove it.... and i needed the new one delivered also. so he quoted me $50 for both jobs. i thought it was a fair price to get the job done. but i ended up walking away without having to pay anything in the end. someone took the old one for free and a friend delivered the new one for free. i was wondering why the guy wanted $15 tho, asumming he will prob scrap it..?
I could not imagine having this guy as a neighbor... come look at al's car, come see how much money I got for the fridge you left on the street... come hear my voice...
he should mention to get the freon out/degas typically requires special equipment or skills.. and that people shouldn't vent that stuff to our air supply
I don't understand. you'll smash glass to pieces for a piece of tin out of a TV. But you throw away copper in a refrigerator pump. copper tubing, and wire through out the fridge. HMMMMM
i use a grinder to cut a rectangular hole in each of the side panels and pull out the long copper pipe that is imbedded in the insulation, from a frigde that size I usualy get a extra kilo of copper out of it, but it costs about a dollar worth of grinder wheel, I just haven't found a better easyer way of getting to it. still its an extra 6-7 bucks
u do know that if u break the pipes things on the back u will get a leakage of amoniac which is not very good;> so be careful when dealing with that stuff
thank you for helping me see how worthless all the work was in what you did. thats horrible money i felt bad for you. just totally changed my mind on the whole scrap metal thing. back to driving i go....good luck to you great video thx
Aluminum is NOT a better conductive (heat or electricity) than copper, it's cheaper and lighter. Copper thermal conductivity is like 0.99 and aluminum is only half of than (0.5).
This is a great video, i am glad you did one and nothing else, It's easy to see what's up that way. so what i will do is not go in till I have 4 or more. that way gas does not eat up my pay. 100 bucks is a 100 BUCKS! LOL Thanks man! Now I have to find a yard that doesn't rip me off. I have proven two of them here do it on a regular basis.
OMG...u r doing a Ding Ding...job to scrap the fridge like that u are loose some copper inside the compressor😂😂😂😂😂what a waste of copper strait to the scrap yard😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢that's the best copper part in every compressor dude,I like the inner part of the compressor.. Anyway best regards from Malaysia
wrong copper transfers heat better thats why computers use copper heat sinks and in water cooled computers its only copper never aluminum, learn before u speak
