Scrapping Air Conditioner Compressor - How much copper is in AC Compressor

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How much copper is in AC Compressor? Today We are going to find out.
I'll be scrapping an air conditioner compressor. Every air compressor is going to be different. This one is pretty large. Free copper is a wonderful thing. It might be worth removing the copper from the compressor than scrapping the compressor to the scrap yard as a whole.
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Scrapping Air Conditioner Compressor - How much copper is in AC Compressor

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@user-mu5kr4gg7i 2 месяца назад

I used to do this the same way. But I had someone show me a much faster and easier way to remove the copper without ever having to cut the copper at all. I just use an air chisel or I use my little 3lb 20” mini sledgehammer and an old axe head or a tree felling wedge to split the side open. Sometimes I have to split 2 sides but once it is split you can pull all the copper out in one piece. And there’s usually no mess to clean up afterwards either. But ik this was a year ago so idk Maybe you do it differently now lol. But regardless still a good video. Short simple straight to the point and informative. So thank you for that. To many others on here that make 30-45 minute videos that never go anywhere. Just a waste of time. They just talk the whole time but never say anything. Keep up the good work sir.

@HeinrichsMade 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much! Yeah I hate those videos. They provide almost 0 information. Yes I actually used a machete to split the copper in half in a recent video. I also used an air chisel to get the copper out. 👍👍👍

@JsStack Год назад

Nice amount of copper. Will melt nicely to creat an awesome cast. Great job.

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Thanks bro! Yeah it was a good amount of copper 🔥🔥🔥

@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523 Год назад

I used to do the same thing with Sawzall,but angle grinder works better to me. Pneumatic air chisel with longer chisel cut into fork " Y" is what I do . Nice video Sir

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Someone told me the same thing, to use a grinder. Someone actually mentioned a chop saw with a grinder bit. 👍. I've seen the air chisel and it looks like it works great, but I don't currently have one lol 😂. Thank you much 🔥👍💯

@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523 Год назад

Chop Saw works good to, New Subscriber nice to meet you Sir.

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

@@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523 thank you my friend 👍. Looking forward to seeing you around the channel.

@rem10921 10 дней назад

I would use a diamond blade cut off wheel to cut one end of the motor. Then i would use a hammer/rotary drill to chisel out the copper its the same as using an air chisel.

@HeinrichsMade 8 дней назад

Yeah, using a hammer/rotary drill works much better for sure. I also found that cutting the it in half works well using a machete.

@fikustoast5118 Год назад

Great video I enjoy taking the motors apart myself! I have 7-8 in the garage now that I’m gonna start taking apart soon! 👊👊💰💰

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Thanks 🙏. Yeah it's kinda relaxing just taking motors apart. 😁. Make sure to relieve the oil, but you probably know that

@russelldavis2476 Год назад

Excellent video, I can tell you , you are right. I made one heck of a mess the first time I scraped one of those the oil was all over a very valuable beam of wood. Lesson learned. The only thing I do differently is I prefer a grinder with a cut off for cutting off the end of the windings. I feel a cleaner cut makes it easier to work the copper out. All said Excellent instructions.

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Thanks! Omg yeah what a mess it makes when breaking open without removing the oil... 😂. Someone else recommend similar. Using a chop saw with a grinder disc. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure it would cut a clean cut. Thanks for your input 👍👍

@donl4914 Год назад

Good collection of Copper. Good to melt and make more Ingots!!! 😎😎😎😎🤣🤣 Short and sweet bro!!! Those units can hold a small fortune...lol

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Yessir! I was actually surprised there was that much copper in it. I'm going to get more of these compressors. It will sit in my bucket of copper until I figure out what I want to make with it 😁

@anamidon 8 месяцев назад

I need to see if I've got a grinding wheel somewhere, I've got 10 or 11 mid size compressors in my garage from RV AC units I pulled the rads and lines out of. I had no idea there was that much copper in the compressors. Thank you for the content !

@HeinrichsMade 8 месяцев назад

Heck yeah! If you have an air chisel, that would make it even easier 😂

@prisonersforprofit 8 месяцев назад

almost 4 lbs in cu. definitely worth it, generally speaking about $12 in copper plus you get the steel as well, about 50 lb of steel around $4. minus the blades but 2-3 compressors (once drained) an hour is very reasonable.

@HeinrichsMade 8 месяцев назад

no doubt! If I had an air chisel it would be much faster to disassemble one of these.

@philipromeo8028 Год назад

Good job A 4 inch grinder with a cut off wheel would make short work of it. Alot clean too.

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Yeah I normally use the saw. I've never tried the grinder. I should have used the grinder I used to cut it open with hahah

@scotthoward4836 Год назад

Cool. I have one exactly the same it came out of a split system air-conditioner. That other part attached to the compressor which we didn't see you cut off, mine was made of copper. I haven't cut the compressor open yet though

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Awesome! Interestingly, the cannister that was on the side only had a piece of copper tubing going into it. It was hollow with a charcoal filter or something in it. It wasn't made of copper either. It's good yours was made of copper.

@eddiesedgewig1699 Год назад

Wow, that was a ton of copper

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Yeah it is! 👍👍

@Rivertable 5 месяцев назад

@@HeinrichsMadehow many grams is it! Why u all measures it in pound inches and other crops 😂

@HeinrichsMade 5 месяцев назад

@@Rivertable Google converts it to 1.41 Kilograms. Is that what you wanted?

@Rivertable 5 месяцев назад

@@HeinrichsMade yeah it's better, that some Alines measurements, very confusing, lol I m in Australia, we upside-down living ahhaha

@Rivertable 5 месяцев назад

@@HeinrichsMade and I found 2 old Air-conditioning units today spend like an 1h braking it, but I took everything except that black think called Air compressor * I hope I didn't left them and in them few kilos of coppers. There were 2 bigger ones and 2 smaller black things 😔😔😔

@kerryconnelly6697 Час назад

What do you do with the coolant inside?

@thomaslaprade9620 13 дней назад

Best one I know of is cutth3 top off ,ake q cut do2n with eid3s and an air chis3l down tj3 relief cuts and it's out ,can do 1.5 with 1 disc,took less than 5 min

@HeinrichsMade 12 дней назад

Yeah the air chisel is awesome. I recently used it on one. I also found homering a machete down the center will split it in half.

@doriWyo Год назад

Well, sharpen it, dear Heinrichs, dear Heinrichs...(sorry, couldn't resist it).

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

I know... I have other blades too. I just didn't feel like changing it hahah

@EdZirul Месяц назад

This guy needs to learn a tip…. Cut both ends off and the tap out the rest … much easier to process….

@HeinrichsMade Месяц назад

cut of both ends of the copper winding or the ends of the compressor? The inside of the compressor has tabs which won't let the winding be tapped out. I felt it was easier a line down the middle and spread it.

@EdZirul Месяц назад

@@HeinrichsMade no just how you took the copper out at the end…. I’ve seen many people just cut off both ends of the wire and tap out the rest … it’s easier than what you made it seem to be…

@EdZirul Месяц назад

@@HeinrichsMade by the way there is a way to make it a 1 cut to open the case … I just watched that video just before watching yours…

@HeinrichsMade Месяц назад

@UCK5S0yQP%F0%9F%98%808pWJSnr3FrSnbZA i see what you mean. I use an air chisel now on my air compressor. It takes the copper out super fast 👍👍

@intelligent470 Год назад

So nice 👍 bro I like you 😍

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Yes thank you 🙏

@ejonesss 8 месяцев назад

cat litter works good for cleaning up oil messes. how many cutting disks did you go through opening up the compressor?

@HeinrichsMade 8 месяцев назад

Yeah, I should have thought of that. 😆. I don't believe I even went through 1 disk. This was a while ago. I will say if I had an air chisel, it would have been much easier to get the copper out.

@germanjohn5626 Год назад

How long did it take to get the copper out, at ~2 bucks for dirty copper and

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

It could probably be done around 10m. The biggest problem is getting the copper out of the winding. I think scrappers get $5 a motor. Depending on the motor, it's probably more profitable to scrap the motor as is. Some motors don't even have a lb worth of copper in it.

@mdabdulhalimswapan6427 Месяц назад

How ton it is,,,

@HeinrichsMade Месяц назад

I don't remember this is an older video.

@hiz-n-lowz1577 8 месяцев назад

what is the ratio of copper to the weight of the whole compressor?

@HeinrichsMade 8 месяцев назад

Oh, I don't remember. There is a lot of steel in these compressors. I'm sure the ratio is low.

@AsadAli-ve2jq 7 месяцев назад

How much kilo gram

@HeinrichsMade 6 месяцев назад

1.42 KG

@marcrj8111 8 месяцев назад

Too many people do it this way. The time and the costs of blades are not factored in enough. The way this is done is the most popular and not the easiest and cost effective. There's other ways.. Plus, there is no way scrapping one or even a few of these is worth the time. Volume is essential.

@HeinrichsMade 8 месяцев назад

I'll admit there is an easier way. 1 would be to have an air chisel. There is always an easier way. I've seen videos of them doing it in India. I would definitely like to hear your way of doing it. 👍

@marcrj8111 8 месяцев назад

@@HeinrichsMade I had to go back and search. This approach is efficient and will save on blades. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CpaLHh12ApU.html There's another approach with side grinder... He cutes one cut, but goes about it with a curved approach starts bottom curse towards top then curves back... The casing just comes apart and all the pieces are there to be taken. Also saves on blades and time.

@marcrj8111 8 месяцев назад

@@HeinrichsMade This is the one cut approach. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-THl2t3unPps.html

@HeinrichsMade 8 месяцев назад

@@marcrj8111 that's a great way to do it! I just need a machete 😆. I think they are cheap at harbor freight. Once the copper is split, you could easily remove it with an air chisel. Thanks 👍👍

@marcrj8111 8 месяцев назад

@@HeinrichsMade and, it seems, would take either the same time or faster and resolved the cost burden.

@jimbauer6822 5 месяцев назад

Not air compressor

@johnwilcox4078 4 месяца назад

How much time did it take to gather $10 worth of copper? It's not exactly low hanging fruit! Bear in mind the cost of blades and an extra trip to dispose of the oil. As a retired HVAC service tech, I had access to hundreds of compressors like that, but i intuitively knew it wasn't worth the time and trouble to separate the copper. This video confirmed I was right, so thanks 😉

@HeinrichsMade 4 месяца назад

My friend is an HVAC tech and he does this for extra money. I actually have a waste oil burner. So, I don't have to take a trip anywhere to dispose of the oil. It also keeps me active. So I'm not sitting on the couch doing nothing. haha Also, I don't sell the copper for money. My hobby is melting metals. I make stuff from it. Check out my other videos and you'll see. Happy Retirement 👍👍👍

@glennschlorf1285 Год назад

Wow you working to hard to get the copper out... use a chop saw much quicker and less mess

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Interesting, I never thought of using a chop saw. What type of blade would be good?

@glennschlorf1285 Год назад

@@HeinrichsMade a blade for metals just be careful to lock the windings in and take your time... save the copper dust it makes a clean cut through the copper wires and is way quicker than a sawzall

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

@@glennschlorf1285 it sounds like it. I will give it a go for sure. I'll need to clamp the winding down instead of holding it. 👍

@jimbauer6822 5 месяцев назад

Saw blade grabs wire doesn't cut them usecut of wheels to cut the wire

@HeinrichsMade 5 месяцев назад

Very true! I actually use a machete now. The video is in the description. Much cleaner way!

@Lags-zl3wy 10 месяцев назад

That's around 9 dollars for 3 hours of work

@HeinrichsMade 10 месяцев назад

No way 3 hours. There are easier ways to remove the copper. I don't have an air chisel, but that makes it really easy.

@user-mu5kr4gg7i 2 месяца назад

3 hrs??? I’ve done this many many times. It may seem like it takes a while because he has to move the camera and everything on his own so he can give his viewers the best shots of what he’s doing but in reality it literally only takes 10 - 20 minutes to do this. Depending on how big the compressor or motor is.

@look4lec Год назад

Are you going to take off the little ropes before burning or will they just turn into slog?

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

I'll throw it in the furnace as is. It will just burn off. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@3rdgenjunkies57 9 месяцев назад

Whats the point of burning it? It's still number 2 copper after its burnt

@steveciarico9824 Год назад

Know what a air chisel is?

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

Yes I do, and that would work much better than a hammer and a wedge 😆

@steveciarico9824 Год назад

@@HeinrichsMade once you have the windings and the inner part of the motor, before removal of the copper, take the air chisel and slice the motor in half between the laminations of steel that way all you have to do is chisel out the copper from both ends. Less mess and no wear on saw blades or grinding wheels.

@steveciarico9824 Год назад

@@HeinrichsMade I demo houses for a living. Usually before we tear down a house, I go in and remove all copper from the house. It's the funnest part of my job. If I'm lucky, I will turn in a half ton or better each house.

@HeinrichsMade Год назад

@@steveciarico9824that sounds like a fun job to have 😆🔥🔥🔥

@3rdgenjunkies57 9 месяцев назад

Also the steel is "prepared steel" bring more $ as well