Scrapping Air Conditioner Compressor - How much copper is in AC Compressor
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 10 мар 2023
- 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.
I hope you enjoy the video. Please subscribe, like, and comment. If you know of anyone that might enjoy this video. Make sure to share it with them.
**A Better Way to remove the copper from the winding:
• Copper Recycling - Eas...
Get 10% off a ToAuto Furnace: www.toautotool.com/discount/h...
***************************************
Please support the channel, and check out videos in my playlists:
Lost Foam Playlist: • Lost Foam Casting
Cool Castings Playlist: • Cool Castings
***************************************
If you would like to reach me, these are some options:
My Instagram: @HeinrichsMade
My Email: heinrichsMade@gmail.com
My Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-1661682
My Facebook: www. heinrichsmade
Subscribe for more metal melting videos:
ruclips.net/user/HeinrichsMa...
***Disclaimer***
This video is for entertainment purposes only. Melting metal should be done by a qualified or experienced individual that has knowledge on this. Do not try to replicate this at home unless you know what you are doing. Molten metal is extremely dangerous make sure all proper PPE "Personal Protective Equipment" is worn when melting metal.
#scrap #scrapping #scrapyard #trash #trashtotreasure #recycle #recycled #recycling #heinrichsmade #brass #copper #free
Scrapping Air Conditioner Compressor - How much copper is in AC Compressor
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.
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. 👍👍👍
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
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 🔥👍💯
Chop Saw works good to, New Subscriber nice to meet you Sir.
@@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523 thank you my friend 👍. Looking forward to seeing you around the channel.
Nice amount of copper. Will melt nicely to creat an awesome cast. Great job.
Thanks bro! Yeah it was a good amount of copper 🔥🔥🔥
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.
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 👍👍
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.
no doubt! If I had an air chisel it would be much faster to disassemble one of these.
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! 👊👊💰💰
Thanks 🙏. Yeah it's kinda relaxing just taking motors apart. 😁. Make sure to relieve the oil, but you probably know that
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
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.
Good job A 4 inch grinder with a cut off wheel would make short work of it. Alot clean too.
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
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 !
Heck yeah! If you have an air chisel, that would make it even easier 😂
cat litter works good for cleaning up oil messes.
how many cutting disks did you go through opening up the compressor?
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@HeinrichsMadeAll these ways are waste of time.
Use an air hot gun on ferrite and in 10seconds you take the copper coil out with two fingers easily😅.
Thank me later😊
@@user-zg8yw7uz7c use a hot gun on ferrite? What do you mean. Is that an autocorrect? I use an air chisel now. It makes it easier.
@@HeinrichsMade with heat exterior of copper reduces and same time iron outside expands.A gap os created and even my young son can take it out just pulling.
How long did it take to get the copper out, at ~2 bucks for dirty copper and
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.
Good collection of Copper. Good to melt and make more Ingots!!! 😎😎😎😎🤣🤣
Short and sweet bro!!! Those units can hold a small fortune...lol
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 😁
Step #1 make sure all tools are good to go i.e. sharp sawzall blades lol but kudoos in using the sawzall everyone else either machete or grinder used lol
Haha yeah no doubt! Funny you say to use a machete. I recently did a video where I used one. Check it out! I actually think it might be better. No copper shavings to clean up.
@@HeinrichsMade will give it's tour and a looky loulou lol
@@JohnSeaward haha thanks 👍
Wow, that was a ton of copper
Yeah it is! 👍👍
@@HeinrichsMadehow many grams is it! Why u all measures it in pound inches and other crops 😂
@@Rivertable Google converts it to 1.41 Kilograms. Is that what you wanted?
@@HeinrichsMade yeah it's better, that some Alines measurements, very confusing, lol I m in Australia, we upside-down living ahhaha
@@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 😔😔😔
How ton it is,,,
I don't remember this is an older video.
This guy needs to learn a tip…. Cut both ends off and the tap out the rest … much easier to process….
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.
@@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…
@@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…
@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 👍👍
what is the ratio of copper to the weight of the whole compressor?
Oh, I don't remember. There is a lot of steel in these compressors. I'm sure the ratio is low.
Well, sharpen it, dear Heinrichs, dear Heinrichs...(sorry, couldn't resist it).
I know... I have other blades too. I just didn't feel like changing it hahah
What's the Total weight of the compressor
oh i don't remember
What do you do with the coolant inside?
I know an AC guy. He removes the coolant into a canister. There is no coolant when I get them.
So nice 👍 bro I like you 😍
Yes thank you 🙏
How much kilo gram
1.42 KG
Are you going to take off the little ropes before burning or will they just turn into slog?
I'll throw it in the furnace as is. It will just burn off. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Whats the point of burning it? It's still number 2 copper after its burnt
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 😉
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 👍👍👍
Saw blade grabs wire doesn't cut them usecut of wheels to cut the wire
Very true! I actually use a machete now. The video is in the description. Much cleaner way!
Wow you working to hard to get the copper out... use a chop saw much quicker and less mess
Interesting, I never thought of using a chop saw. What type of blade would be good?
@@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
@@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. 👍
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.
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. 👍
@@HeinrichsMade I had to go back and search. This approach is efficient and will save on blades.
ruclips.net/video/CpaLHh12ApU/видео.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.
@@HeinrichsMade This is the one cut approach.
ruclips.net/video/THl2t3unPps/видео.html
@@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 👍👍
@@HeinrichsMade and, it seems, would take either the same time or faster and resolved the cost burden.
Not air compressor
That's around 9 dollars for 3 hours of work
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.
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.
Know what a air chisel is?
Yes I do, and that would work much better than a hammer and a wedge 😆
@@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.
@@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.
@@steveciarico9824that sounds like a fun job to have 😆🔥🔥🔥
Also the steel is "prepared steel" bring more $ as well