Have 2 inch thick wire. Stripped it down and got about 30 wires, different gauges. Is that #1 and was it worth doing.
2007-02-19 10:10:19 · 7 answers · asked by Matthew A 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
No.1 Heavy Scrap Copper Shall consist of clean unalloyed copper solids and must be uncoated.
May include copper clippings, punchings, bus bars, commutator segments clean copper pipe or tubing and Copper wire over 1/16" thick but free of burnt or brittle wire.
This grade is equivalent to the ISRI code CANDY
No 1 copper goes for about: $1.12 / lb
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No.2 Copper Wire shall consist of clean unalloyed copper wire, free of hair wire, brittle burnt wire and excessive oils
minimum copper content of 94% remelt recovery rate.
Equivalent to ISRI code Birch
No 2 copper goes for about: $1.97 / lb
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So to make #1 Copper into #2, its worth $0.85 a pound, so it depends on how long it took you, and how much material you had when finished.
2007-02-19 10:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by SnowXNinja 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Number 2 Copper
2017-01-05 10:19:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Copper Wire
2016-11-10 01:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did some scrapping years ago. I was under the impression that #1 was new copper 97% pure. #2 had coating or was not as pure. Removing the coating will get you a better price but if I remember to get #1 (the big money) the cable had to be unused ( did not carry an electrical current). The scrap yard where you are going to sell it will tell you. Sometimes they require a sample to determine the purity. The scrap yard I was dealing with would take barrels of unused 18ga and have it processed some where in Chicago. they would chop it up into little pcs and blow the coating off to turn it into #1 grade copper.
2007-02-19 18:56:14 · answer #4 · answered by Red 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What is the difference between #1 and #2 copper?
Have 2 inch thick wire. Stripped it down and got about 30 wires, different gauges. Is that #1 and was it worth doing.
2015-08-06 07:43:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
#1 is just the pure shiny copper. Wires stripped and no casings. #2 is copper wires that have had the casings burnt off. This makes the copper look Black from the heat. Of course, you get more money with #1!!
2016-03-22 15:29:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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In the case of copper pipe, when you take it to a scrap metal dealer #1 is copper pipe with nothing on it. #2 is copper pipe with solder, and fittings still attached to the pipe. That's why people "clean' it before they take it back #1 is worth more per pound than #2.
2016-04-06 22:58:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
#2 copper is copper wire with plating on it. #1 copper is clean copper. Done and Done!
2015-08-10 07:44:02 · answer #8 · answered by Greg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. 1 copper is copper wire that is as thick or thicker than an ordinary pencil lead.
no.2 copper is copper wire thinner then the previous, and has any contaminants such as solder or copper shavings from machine tooling.
2007-02-19 11:36:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What are you talking about? There is no #1 or #2. If you are talkin about 2" cable....it is a zero gauge. You can't strip cable!!!!
2007-02-19 10:14:58 · answer #10 · answered by nekolon88 1 · 0⤊ 9⤋