Free Copper - It's Everywhere! Trash Day TV's, Microwaves, Computers
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Free copper wire is still everywhere in old TV's, microwaves, computers , on power circuit boards, electric motors and many other electrical appliances.
Free copper doesn't come any free'er if you want copper for casting ingots etc, this is how I get it and there's plenty still around if you want free copper too.
Scrapping tools, safety gear, furnaces, ingot moulds etc that I use or recommend.. www.amazon.com...
Unlike many people on here, or the entire net to be honest, you are providing quality information and knowledge. I almost never comment but wanted to take a moment to say that you should be proud of the service you provide and to not pay any attention to the negativity so many propagate.
The mantra of those posting should be " In the time it took to leave that negative comment you could have found something you do LIKE." Keep on being you and thank you.
I love to hear you say copper~~~
coppah*
@@Cr1z4n63L ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
me too! coppah!,,,coppah!
Thank you for your common sense approach to the argument of free copper. You make a good point. Well taken
I enjoy your videos mate. I love hearing Aussies talk. Never gets old.
The most important video for so many reasons. The landfill doesn't need more recyclable scrap.
Of course there aren’t any CRT TVs around!! You already got em all!!
Your a hoot Ben. Try not to mind the negative people. They are everywhere. You’ll never explain away anything to a negative people.
Just ignore the haters they only jealous cos they getting ready to go to work at McDonald's working a 12 hour shift with their boss breathing down their neck with only 3 breaks in the day working for yourself like this is priceless also you are keeping this stuff out of our overfilled landfills and the best thing is its fun as hell its modern day treasure hunting all i say to the haters is "cool story bro"
I was just thinking the same thing, people are just lazy, or mad because they don't have want to put out the effort of finding old electronics, the shit is free most the time.
Ben is the sole reason why I love doing e-waste
Hello from northen Sweden.
I agree with you,, haters will be haters. They scoff and laugh at you for scrapping even when I know they have the time to do it themselfs but they are just too good for scrapping.
One guy I met at the recycle station giggled and was generally smug,, I had to tell him that money is where glamour isn't.
Stay safe and take care.
@@pederlindstrom3132 "The money is where the glamour isn't"
That is a great one! I will have to remember it.
@@pederlindstrom3132 great last name😊 greetings from the US
I love to see videos that address haters. There are so many of them! Thanks mate!
howdy ewaste ben!
treat the comments like you treat your scrap.... take what's useful and leave the rest. it's really cool to see what you're doing. keep doing it we're all watching!
This was educational , love the way you say Copper and keep the optimism. Love it even if others are negative about it , disregard them and Keep up the great work. Thank you
Copper=free money. I've been doing it for years and there is money in that, BRAVO Ben and all scrappers . Saving the world a bit at a time.
I love what you do mate, I'm actually envious hahaha keep doing what you do bud, as long as your happy that's the main thing!
I have collected over 300 pounds of copper in the last 3 months out of crtv's and other electronics and old extension cords. Crtv's are everywhere if you look for them and so are the bigger projection tv's here in Central Texas.
Keep up the good vids some of us enjoy them and learn from them.
How many caught on to the fact that he said copper an extra amount, just to irk the complainers who complained about the way he said it? LOL good job!
It’s free, it’s your hobby, it’s your time . Thank you
Last week i watched your video where you demonstrated breaking down a crt. Lo and behold, a neighbor was tossing a large Sony. I spent a few minutes street scrapping and came away with a heap of beautiful copper. Im thankful for your video because i was able to do it fast and not make a mess. Thanks again
I think your great brother.. you save so many resources from going to the trash .. I do the same it’s a great hobby .. I wouldn’t worry about anything anyone says.. all your videos have helped me and I would like to say thank you ..
Thank you for turning many people on to this, so many make money and for the first time enjoy their work, more power to you young man
I like how you organized this video. I'm sure any new scrappers learned a lot.
You are by far the best scrapping channel going. Keep it up lad.
Great video as always! It is amazing how much I have learned about scrapping from your videos. Keep up the great work Thanks!
Wonderful video, Ben. I think it is ABSOLUTELY worth the little bit of work it takes to scrap out copper from TVs or computers or microwaves.
Great channel and uploads,
Very informative and clear.
You showed me how to break stuff and get paid. Great hobby.
Competition Time!
How many times did I say copper in this video?
eWaste Ben 1x Time
Rest is Coppa
Just kiddin :)
Too many times to bother counting lol.. busy scrapping my copper yokes atm..
eWaste Ben I ran out of fingers and toes
eWaste Ben 81 times
more than 1000 less than 1,000,000
If you don't pay for it, it is free. Pretty simple.
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Well, technically but not technically. It's only really free if someone gives it to you for free without any work involved. Once you have to put in labor, it's no longer "free". It costs whatever you value your time at.
@@NotSoCrazyNinja so if you value your time at nothing, then it's free?
But no, by your logic nothing is free, everything takes time.
@@dylansacco2481 Nothing in life is free.
Your becoming one of my favourite youtubers .Keep doing your thing man ,
Just got my first free copper .
I just picked up a whole van load. Plus a spool of wire!!! We are havi g spring cleanup next week and im going to get on it!!
I understand you 100%. My son and I have gotten into melting copper for fun. No money involved, buying or selling. We tear stuff apart to see how it works and melt down the goods. Keep doing what your doing and have fun.
Thank you Ben for all your videos, it has been a great help. As for those negative people or comments the hell with them.
Keep on scraping Ben. You are an inspiration to all us scrapers!
This is a real copper addiction mate. far more than a hobby :)
For real, this man just panned from one large heap of those yokes to a whole other like it was no biggie lol
hi ben i have been on your channel every day and im naw going out and getting free copper and ewaste to start making my own bars thanks for getting me out and doing some think fun and pulling apart the ewaste for copper and brass and gold is some think im going to keep doing
You are a wonderful man who deserves a million likes
I agree whole heartedly mate, some people just expect to get everything, free and with no effort, everything we get in life costs us some effort, nothing is absolutely free.
I get criticized too for all the quirky things I do when I scrap. I will strip wire while watching tv or tear down smaller stuff. 2 thumbs up Ben. Love the accent.
Aside from your business, your hobby is making stackers out of scrap copper. Some people ridicule others for a hobby. Some hobbies have value and others don't. Just keep on doing the great job that you do!
You are doing a very good job 😎😊👍 keep on doing
Ben, You are doing a good job please keep it up. I like your videos a lot of info Thank you
Great video here in England they are not allowed to put old tellies in bin wagons they have to be recycled properly.
I understand you mate! We speak the same language, keep making your videos...i watch them all!
anyone who says your time is worth something, ask them how much do they get paid to sleep.. you are doing a great job. cheers from Canada
Everything you can recycle represents saved energy. Nothing but good what you are doing. We don't have many TV's here anymore but there are Microwaves and other motors in fridges and vacuums.
Let da Koppar Free! Freedom for Koppar! 10:18 what a nice collection! bravo!
Dang Ben that's a ton of yolks.. the most I ever had was 20 and I thought that was a lot... Love copper .. and love the hobby.. I'm with you on that...I do the same same thing ...
thanks for the great video Ben, I've found it easier to find everyday appliances that contain copper, I've enjoyed your video like usual and thanks
Love all your video just inspires me so much I'm from texas so your way of saying copper ain't like mine but i like it also the way you say aluminium is so different at first i thought it was something different all together now I can't stop saying it like an ausi keep up what you do and thank you
Wow! That's a lot. I do understand you. We share the same hobby. Copper's my favourite metal.
my favorite is wen you say coppah bah ... love it ... enjoy your vids !!!
If you run across pre mid 70's TVs make sure you take the tube chassis, those old tubes can fetch a premium if they're still good. The old TV/stereo consoles are the best, the tubes in those are usually the same ones used in guitar amps.
👍👍👍 love the videos! keep on keeping on getting the free copper, high fives from Connecticut USA 👍👍👍
I salute you sir I also love a bit of free copper the less that ends up in landfill the better mate we live in a throw away world and it needs more people like us recycling. keep up the good work pal
Don't worry about the wankers
Your channel is great. After seeing your tips I was able to gather 1200 pounds in about 10 months. if you look it's everywhere.
What about MC Donald's 👎 scrapping is flexible. I even advertise in my area and people drop things off at my house. One last note anyone that says anything about you pronunciations as a complete jackass have a blessed Christmas thank you again for your channel
People think you dont need to invest time and effort into something when they hear "Free". There is a context to everything. They are just dumb. They think he can synthesize copper out of air. Full Metal Alchemist
Nice collection very impressive the bottom line is you do it as a hobby, they just dont get it. So keep on scrapping. Aloha from Hawaii.
Good point Roland. I do the same as Ben. Copper is my gold.
amazing work! seems totally feasible- i’ve been at it for 2 months now, got about 200 lbs.
The degausing coil is not a heavy guage cable. It's one single strand of thin enamal/poly coated magnet wire in a coil of about 100 to 200 truns.
Don't worry about those negative comments Ben
you're doing a great job I enjoy your videos very much and I actually won one of your copper Ingot one time my grandson loves to play with that keep the good videos coming and I really enjoy them thank you very much
Scrapping (regardless of target items) is a great hobby, you always come up a winner either in what you haul home or the people you meet on the ride around.
To the haters - BUGGER OFF IF YOU HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO CONTRIBUTE & GO FIND AN ACTIVITY THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.
Thanks for the vid, I didn't mind it 'cost me' something to watch it, even if it was only my time.
Cheers 👍
thank you for all your videos ive learned so much from watching how and were to get free copper im living dublin ireland and ijust colect copper and brass for a hobby its very terapuyit but you have showed me a lot thanks
Hi , I always like your videos and enjoy . Just ignore all those are leaving negative remarks coz they don't know what is the buzz of collecting copper and brass . I am not a scrapper but if I see anything on street with copper or brass I just pick up and enjoy saperating for example tv microwave boiler wires pipe and once I wanna treat myself for something I sell it recently I sold and money they gave me I could not believe as price for copper and brass or led are rocketing .I was very pleased 😄😀 so pls enjoy what u doing cos it's only u know the buzz I wish I could do it full time .
Plain and simple for those people that spout off . Do it or don't it's your choice leave everybody else alone he is being nice to even talk to you about it. 😬😬
Great video!! Keep it up. could you do a copper melting and gold recovery video.
I just got $134 cad for 48lbs of copper wire saterday. I stripped it from tv's microwaves stereo transformers. I strip the chokes from power supplies and the ferrite transformers...it all adds up.
David Smith if you wouldve melted it into 1kg bars and sold for 20 dollars each you couldve get 480 dollars out of it
how much does an electric melter cost?
David Smith self made - 100$ bought one 400$
Scrapyards near me will not pay top dollar for bars of copper or aluminum, Getting to the place one price for one or the other
its not about selling it to the scrap yard, its about selling the bars online
Q: How do you get a CRT to laugh? A: Tell it a YOLK!
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One of the best escrap channels. Thx.
I am addicted to watching your videos
Nice one, I scrap as a hobby and consider everything free, when I pick something up it’s usually on my way home from somewhere else, or dropped off. Even if I drove around all day there is still a profit made from the free items I pick up.
yeah I often drive to the store to buy milk or bread and find something to pick up on the way back, after a while your scrapping eye will spot a tv from 500 yards up the road, and the habit of looking down side streets as you go.
Hey man i enjoy your videos. You actually inspired me to scrap a TV the other day. It had a huge copper yolk. Unfortunately most everything else was either stainless or aluminum, which was disappointing, even the de gaussing cable was copper coated aluminum (major bummer) but life goes on. Just wanted to say hey and let you know i enjoy your videos. Have a great day
Yeah sometimes aluminium degaussing cables but not often, PC monitors are the best for copper
Like usual another Great video thanks for sharing Ben and yes take no notice about people who really don't understand what you doing for the future of our planet, and making a few bucks on the side I also agree with you if your not paying for it directly then it's free no cash out only a small effort and a little time with a lot of satisfaction all the best mate.
But what do you do with the scrap plastic and everything else that’s left from the TV the glass and everything
Also I recently sold a microwave magnetron for around 20 bucks listed "for parts not working" on eBay.
I love my free copper. I just took in a $151.00 worth yesterday. Nice little pay day.
i like your way of thinking and i respect it keep this coming i stay in new york usa u have my vote can i use some of ur ideas with ur permisn
30% of Canada's copper supply is scrapped copper. That's huge. Because mining new copper is more environmentally damaging. For example it produces arsenic as a byproduct. So the more people get out of landfills; the better. So good on this gentleman.
Let the hater’s just hate the fact that you are willing to make extra money by going scavenger hunting for your hobby it doesn’t really mount to a hill of beans….. they are just lazy and want something for nothing!!!!! Keep on doing what you do and thanks for sharing
What I like about scrapping is that really isn't any rules. Getting the scrap is one thing, what you do with them is up to you. I find micro scrapping as therapeutic. Keep what you are doing and let the complainers complain
Over here in the US we have to drop them off at a recycling center. Last week I tried to drop 2 tvs I mined for scrap. The guy told me he will take it this time but not any more. He said something about gas being released when the cones removed.
So now I break them down small and put them in bags then in dumpsters. Its ridiculous im helping clean the environment but i can't get rid of the rest of the TV without having to resort to this
I live in America and when you say FREE most people over here have the mind set that it's going to show up at the door step with no work involved.. this whole world has become so damn lazy... keep up the videos buddy I love watching them
Just ignore the nay sayers. I'm tired of people who have to argue everything for the sake of arguing. Scrap metal is how I keep in spending money. Always looking for new ideas, keep up the good work.
Some people want money to just fall in their laps, that’s free to them. And then theirs people like us, we realize you have to put a little elbow grease into separating metals from things you get free, by going and getting it. Scraping is a way to make money if you aren’t afraid of working, it’s also relaxing for me, along with fun to see how things work or are put together.
As a scrapper myself, do your thing bud. The only gripe i have is dumping the screws on the grass. Something i can't stand when ppl do it on my front lawn pulling crap apart. Other than that, rock on 👍
The way I looked at it once man's trash is another man's treasure people throw away electronics as trash we pick them up tear them apart and his treasure to us
Nice video you very lucky get lots of copper I do this job in London when I have free time I really like that 👍
The best place to get free copper in my opinion is from ceiling fans!!
I can't believe you didn't mention them. I find them all the time and they yield about a pound of copper super fan or more depending on the size of the fan.
Great work keep on keeping on
One more subscriber for you. Hope to see you reach 100k soon
Ben, It is good to keep them out of landfills caned tell everyone.
I like copper too! The haters will be hating this video!😂
I’m glad you use pounds in your videos in Australia. We Americans have no idea what a kilo is.😂😂. I always like to carry some wire cutters and screw drivers in my car just in case for a random TV on the curb or by a dumpster. I enjoy what you show and I enjoy this as a hobby too. I won’t quit my day job though, I like to recycle and trade scrap for coins or use the cash for target ammo-trading scrap for lead. As a dentist my favorite it turning in old dental crowns I cut off or extract and send them to a refiner and they send me bullion or coins or a check.
Also, in Utah, we have the largest open pit copper mine on the planet, we scrappers do some urban mining and recycle or recover Cu, Ag, Au, Pd, and Al, and they can dig up less dirt, right?
Agree with Ben! If this isn't for hobby and it's just about money.. well it's hard to enjoy scraping! So to take it to a business level.. that's not easy
Who cares what people say or think, I just collect bit by bit, and twice a year I get some pocket money lol, I didn't know about microwave s though, cheers mate
I scrap metal and I am not only motivated about making money. I walk around in my neighborhood for exercise and to walk my dog. I see all these discarded metals and other pollution laying in the streets and in alleys. I got the idea to start picking them up. There are many benefits to doing this: It adds to my exercise, bend up and down to pick them up. I am being a good steward of this Earth. Plus, I get a a little money doing it. So for me it is well worth it.
People will always hate, just ignore them, i love your videos keep it up
I once tried to take some copper from TV and i have been thinking that if you press it with hydraulic press it would be easy to collect just copper. Only problem is that i dont have equickment needed in proces😅
This is a great way to get copper!
I am totally getting some!
I’ve scrapped out a few hundred microwaves and the most common transformers I find have 1 copper and 1 aluminum winding
Free copper is good indeed...especially if your into casting metal into things. The idiots who say you have to spend the gas...you still have to drive somewhere if you're going to buy it. CRT televisions are what I focus on. I do metal casting...mostly I find tons of aluminum...but copper is what I really like...for making bronze or aluminum bronze axes...hammers...decorative stuff etc.
Damn man must have TVs galore laying around where you’re at you don’t see that around here hardly anymore and in the states least where I’m at maybe about 7 or 8 years ago it was like it not now
Hey Ben,
As I mentioned previously, your videos are great! I too made a little fun of your pronunciation of copper, but it was just in a little goofy fun meaning no harm. Pay no attention to the bozos who are negative.
I've no doubt that you've got a good many who like your videos.
Keep doing what you're great at!
You make it look easy. Lot's of copper!
I respect what you do. My Dad was also a part time scrapper. I myself stack copper hvac-r coils and pipe and scrap. Hey, eWaste Ben, you're not the only copper crackhead. Keep hustling the free copper brother.
Those big sony tvs have huge degassing coils. The sony xbr tvs have a huge amount of copper. I also smash the crts they have a big steel frame inside and the big steel band around the edge, about 30 pounds of steel.
It’s your time it doesn’t matter how much time you put into it. It’s still free if you picked it up on the side of the road. I don’t do street scrapping but if I see it on Sally Road I’ll pick it up. I am actually Scrapping with Grandpa I’m just on my other channel