I Bought 2775 lbs of AC Compressor Motors to Scrap for Copper!

Amazing project please make more of these!

I used to tear down electric motors at a repair shop. We had a horizontal chop saw to cut one end of winding off then we would bake the motors to remove the varnish coating. Then pull the copper out east enough.

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Cutting torch and oil. I'm surprised you didn't catch anything on fire. Good experiment and I'll avoid these like the plague. Thanks Thub

Wish more folks would "leave it better than they found it" ... thank you!

Use propane for cutting you can go through 30 Big tanks of air to one 100 lbs tank of propane

tax free per hour. not bad

Wheres the plasma cutter

Should of melted it All in bars and kept it till prices went up cool video the best cutting wheels are free ones

nice hair, OMG LMFAO

I actually buy these all the time and cut them open with a the same angle grinder. Not sure the disc you are using but I don't waste as much as you. I cut a hole at the top of every unit to drain the oil before I cut. It's always interesting to see how other people process these units.

I knew a guy who recycled everything and anything in the greater LA Area for years. Unfortunately he is now ill. He has lumps all over his head but still insists on collecting things and breaking them down for scraps.

The 1st thing you have to do buddy is cut off flush the cooper tub that is connected to compressor flip it over and drain that oil in a bucket so it's not all over your bench and floor then this will make it easier

This is what I imagine would take place in the garage of a house I would rent..😅😅

Those vapors have to be bad for one😮😮

A lot of work involved but good to watch well done 😀👍

You should have got a plasma cutter

Where do you buy compressors?

Thank you for doing this! I've often wondered what it would yield. And I've not seen anyone else post a true analysis like you did. TY, TY, TY!

I cut mine open with my plasma, those would cost me $3 to scrap and 9 hours top, to do by my self by burning the inside so the copper pulls out easily.