How to Scrap Ballasts for Copper
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
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In this video I show how to scrap ballasts for copper by freezing them.
I also show that sometimes you will lose money scrapping them.
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@@smitchlego please! lol, that helps me tremendously
It helps if we watch the ads?
@@EricScrapping4Dinidog the ads are how we creators earn money
@@scrapitall200 Okay. I’ll watch them if it helps. I had a heart attack and am off work temporarily. I’ve been watching CZcams to keep myself busy. So I’ll do what I can to help you guys out that I like watching
Man, that was cool!! That one guy must be really awesome to sent you all those technical goodies! Lol ! Hey man it was my pleasure to send you everything! You're a great person and I appreciate your friendship! Really hope you enjoy everything I sent you ! Thank you for the shout out! Blessings to you and your channel!!
Thank you so much, brother. I really enjoyed you and all of your support and friendship.
God bless brother.
That's awesome. I don't mean the ballasts, because I opened one when I first started scrapping and vowed that they would all be sold as ballasts as I went forward.
Those trolls are cool and that anode is pretty neat too. What a great mail call. Great video, buddy. I'm a little jealous of the venison jerky. I'm too lazy to get a deer so I haven't had any in years.
Yeah, ballasts are best to go the way they are.
A commenter just said they get 4 pounds of copper from each one, I’d love to find some of those.
Thank you, I am feeling very thankful for all the goodies I got.
The jerk was absolutely amazing.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge on scrapping. I am just getting started. Happy Easter. Praise God we serve a risen Savior !
Amen! He has Risen!!
Thank you for watching, I greatly appreciate it.
That’s really nice they sent you gifts
Was very nice of them, I’m very thankful.
Thank you for the leads!! Subscribed to both!!
Awesome, I really appreciate that.
Thank you for watching.
AMEN
Thank you for watching.
God bless you!
If you read the label on the ballast it should say "PCB Free" if they are the newer ones. If no label toss into the shred. I got 375 of them from a electrician who didn't want to bother with them any more.
I did mention that on the video if I remember correctly, but I do appreciate that.
Wow, that’s awesome.
Thank you for watching!
I live in Texas. ONE DAY we had snow. SEVERAL DAYS we had cold freezing weather. MANY DAYS we had rain rain and more rain. NOW!!! It is almost T-Shirt and Shorts weather. 🤪🤪🤪
🔥✝️🔥 AMEN 🔥✝️🔥
Wow! That’s some crazy weather.
God bless you and God bless Texas!
Have a wonderful day.
@@scrapitall200 AAAAAAAMEN!!! 😁
❤️
what a humble man i hope i can accomplish somthing like you boss your awsome
I appreciate your kind words. I’m just a regular guy who is very passionate about scrapping and sharing what I’ve learned. Thanks again.
I hate how messy ballasts are when getting the copper out! Glad to hear you enjoyed the goodies! God Bless
Thank you so much, I love everything you sent.
God bless.
I done about 40 ballast at one time recently. Luckily all were copper. What I learned was, they are very messy, and the different brands, were all a little different. I froze them in deep freezer beforehand. The other bad thing was the tar stuff gets really sticky as it warms up.
Wow, that must’ve been quite the job.
Yeah, that tar is awful when it’s warm.
Thank you for watching.
Love the prayer at the end. That’s awesome.
That’s wonderful!
Thank you for watching and God bless you!
Man, yall videos are so inspirational keep up the good work I love scrapping with my dad 😊😊
Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it.
Thank you that was very interesting and informative video thank you for sharing this six stars brother
Thank you brother!
I upgraded a whole school district to electronic ballasts and just threw them away until we bought a new building for remodeling for administration building. There were so many ballasts that I decided to recycle them. Just use the diagonal cutter first to open the end, then unwrap with hammer and lineman’s. It’s much faster and also safer .More effective to use the hammer head than the claws. I processed the transformers about 100 at a time after the hammer cleanse with an improvised out door oven .After the residual tar was burned off the copper slips off the core with only your hands. Everything comes out clean.The core and wrapping steel brought probably $.20 or less ,but the copper paid well as #2 .
Didn’t learn that process on the first batch but found it was cleaner and faster. I should have focused on working in my profession as electrician but come from a proud line of dumpster divers .
That’s awesome, thank you for the idea.
Thank you for watching and for your comment.
I did a reballast of a big department store and just salvaged the wire from the old ballasts and the trim from the new ones.
To strip the insulation from the small solid wires I would pull it back and forth to straighten it for easy cutting. I noticed that when I held the bare end and pulled it back and forth the insulation would begin to slip off. That was due to the heat buildup from flexing and friction. I also made some neat 3’ long straws. Being stuck in a motel in hurricane disaster area gives you a lot of recycle research opportunities.
Back and forth across my knee
@@danielking2944 did you lose your home from a hurricane?
Yeah that stuff strips so easily, unlike stranded wire lol
No,I was doing electrical restoration in a Dillard’s in New Orleans after Katrina. It was not wise to be out in the open after dark.
Great video!
Thank you!
Mine take them for 12 cents a pound I don’t find them much. There is always one that wants to give you problems lol heck yeah that’s awesome what Adam sent you I like that knife! Haha that troll is awesome! You’re welcome buddy glad you liked it! I like that picture as well! Deer jerky is good! And another awesome video like always!
That’s a good price for them.
Yeah that was some awesome stuff y’all sent me, thank you brother.
That’s about what I’ve gotten for them lately, like 11¢/lb. which is more than shred steel, but they pry off the lights easily with a hammer claw, they are heavy and add up. Free is free for me.
@@dr.a006 my yard will only give me shred for them.
This video has ben up longer than I've ben awake
🤣🤣
Same for me.
Thank you for watching buddy.
Interesting video. Love the troll! Awesome! Have a good one!
Thank you, Dawn!
Have a great day and thank you for watching.
Unfortunately, the scrap yard I go to doesn't take ballasts, but I don't come across them that often anyway. Those are some great gifts you got! Great video!
I honestly can’t blame them, PCB’s is quite nasty.
I feel very blessed. Thank you so much for watching.
Thank you for your prayers and for the videowith great content.
So glad you enjoyed the prayer!
Thank you so much for watching.
Freezing is the way to go . I have done it that way for years .
It really makes a huge difference!
Thank you for watching.
Congrats on 10k friend.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Awesome video scrapitall! I’ve been curious if I should take apart my pile of ballasts. I think I’ll just take them in as shred. God bless 🙏
Thank you!
I’m glad my video was helpful.
God bless!
That’s the same temperature I like to do my extracts, because, boom.
Extracts?
@@scrapitall200herbal extracts require solvents that are volatile at high temperatures. So if it’s freezing the gas will be liquid and you get a better extraction of the oils.
@@armageddonready4071 oh ok cool, thanks
Scrap Art ❤❤
Love scrap art!
🤙🤙👍 they go straight to shred,to much effort for me 😁✌️
I don’t blame you at all buddy!
Thank you for watching.
Nice job God bless you brother
Thank you.
God bless you too brother and thank you for watching.
Great video. Great mail from a good guy
Which guy? There was 3 of them lol 😂
HEY, WHOA, WAIT,,, those truffles were suppose to be sent to ME😁
They are so yummy!
Thank you for watching buddy.
They are very messy.. Great video buddy. Keep doing it
So messy lol.
Thank you, I appreciate that friend.
Puppies! why are you cleaning puppies with a hammer 😂
Maybe they are like Banx.
@@HHRecycling is banx considered a puppy though
@@nicejunk666 do I ever make sense 😂
@@HHRecycling 🤣 probably true
@@scrapitall200 no not really 😂
I scrap every little piece that’s possible 🖖.
Right on, that’s awesome!
Thank you for watching
Awesome stuff love all the cool gifts! Ballasts sure can be a mess I just replaced the one in our kitchen and it was leaking out it's wonderful PCB's as it was from the early 70's lol Awesome video Brother
Oh dang, that’s not good at all.
Thank you so much for watching brother, I always appreciate it.
God bless.
@@scrapitall200 yea I’ve wondered what that black stain was on the plastic diffuser 🤪😂
🤣
G day Boy interesting video. I never tried that before.
U hav e some good subscribers.
Thanks
Thank you!
Yes, I have the absolute best subscribers, I am so blessed.
Thank you for watching.
Awesome video and awesome mail call!
Thank you so much buddy!
Nice video
Thank you!
Welcome
Tubular LED lights are such a godsend compared to those horrible fluorescent lights and consistently failing ballasts! Glad you’re able to get something out of those flickering, flashing, darkness inducing ballasts!
Right? lol. I love my led shops lights. No more horrible fluorescent lights.
Thank you for watching.
Awesome. I have a deep freezer
That’ll work! 👍
Thank you for watching
Hey SIA!!! Nice video but these ballasts look REALLY messy, didnt have them for scrapping yet but i think i wouldn´t scrap them even if i like micro scrapping. for the fan mail opening: nice gifts, would like to see the "Scrap Troll" as your channel mascot ! 😂😂😂
Hello friend!
I’m starting to feel the same way about them, just not worth the trouble and the mess.
It’s pretty cool, huh?
I’m really into scrap art like that piece.
Thank you for watching and have a great weekend.
Great video!
Thank you!
You are welcome
Rain here a few times but it wa in the 60's and 70's for a few days.
70’s? Wow!
@scrapitall200 I'm in southeast Louisiana, we had our winter last week. Now it back to spring/fall/summer. We are In the mid to high 60's next week. Gotta love our funky weather but I would take it over the 20's, teens or lower any day.
@@Kreacher1974 definitely funky lol, but I’m with you, I’d take that weather over the cold.
Are ballasts ever labeled to tell us if it contains an aluminum or copper transformer? That way we'd know ahead of time.
I don’t know but I’ve been trying to figure that out, that would be so great if they did.
Interesting
Hello there, I recognize you from watching Dawn and Josie’s channel. Thank you for watching.
I just cashed out all my scrap 2 days ago. Found some Romex this morning..thinking its likely going to be long time before I have enough material to redeem. Meanwhile, I got $442.75, more than 100 more than I expected. #1 Cu = $3.59 !, Al =.50, low grade insulated wire = .85/lb. Not so keen on the ballasts, good to know about Alum possibility.
That’s awesome! Great price for the #1 copper.
Yeah I’m not a big fan of them, especially when they’re aluminum lol.
Thank you for watching buddy. Hope you’ve been well.
The ballasts here in the UK are a lot cleaner and easier to take apart. I still find the ones you took apart but are rare.
I’ve seen some of those scrapped and I wish I had those. These ones are awful.
Thank you for watching.
@scrapitall200 now we have LEDs I find less and less old school ballasts. Its becoming harder to find copper and brass. I use to find combi water heaters the old ones are full of copper and brass, but they seem to be using this weird poly plastic, which is really tough and worthless. I used to love cutting compressors for the copper, but the new ones have aluminium windings.
@@iffy9776 I’ve noticed the same thing. It’ll be interesting to see how scrapping is like in 10 years from now.
Great video my friend maybe I should do these when I get em
Thank you!
A viewer told me they scrapped ballasts from a tanning bed and each ballast had 4 pounds of copper!
Thank you for watching.
I just sold 91 LBS of them today. Got $0.01 a pound 😂😂
Oh wow! That’s crazy 😂
Adam nice guy.
Adam is a nice and generous guy. I’m pretty sure he’d give his shirt off his back if someone asked for it.
Not sure I will be doing ballast anytime soon.
Oh, cmon’ why not 🤣
Thanks for watching buddy.
Nice job 👍👏👏
Thank you so much!
I may have missed it, The copper windings from ballast or any other component with a minimal amount of tare coating on them, is classified as?
That is copper #2
Thank you for watching.
@@scrapitall200 Excellent, thank you.
@@gdsstudio974 you’re welcome!
I got 4 lbs of copper out of each one I’ve done and it doesn’t take long.
4 pounds of copper? His big were they?
@@scrapitall200 they weighed 20 lbs a piece. They were in a stand up tanning bed
@@tommyyoung7569 oh wow, that’s awesome!
These were 3 pounds as they sat.
Never had to scrap ballast yet and hopefully I never will 😅
Right? 😂
How have you been? You been able to avoid the really bad flu a lot of people have been getting?
@scrapitall200 been incognito buddy as I've been away celebrating my 49th birthday. Hopefully get another video up later tonight. I've been slacking. Had the lurgy last weekend but only a 2 day thing.
@@ScrappingScotland oh wow! Belated Happy birthday to you my friend!
@@scrapitall200 thank you brother
@@ScrappingScotland you’re welcome!!
That was messy!
You got that right 🤣
Thank you for watching.
That was messy. My yard gives me $0.12 cents per pound
Definitely is messy.
That’s around 9 cents US, which is a little better than the national average price for them.
Great video and now I have less interest in taking those apart. God bless you
I don’t blame you 🤣
Thank you for watching brother.
God bless.
Adam sure spoiled you
Yes he did and so did you with your goodie package.
@@scrapitall200 btw thanks for showing my sticker
@@nicejunk666 you’re welcome. That was on purpose.
@@scrapitall200 you rock!
@@nicejunk666 back at you, buddy!
Man made organic ? I’ll have to check on that one…
👍
im trying to get an e waste business going in my community i would appreciate any advice
Are you wanting to buy ewaste from others or you wanting to collect ewaste and sell to a buyer?
What do you do with the capacitors?
Straight into the shred pile. I have heard that some yards will pay dirty aluminum prices for them, but not my yard.
So,in conclusion,ballasts are not worth messing with.
I think it’s safe to say that.
However, another viewer said they scrapped some from tanning beds and each one had 4 pounds of copper in them.
Thank you for watching.
I get 44 Cents a pound for them, Not worth stripping for me
I’m pretty sure you get the best prices in all of North America lol
I wouldn’t dare scrap them with that price
Thank you for watching!
🤷♂️ Seems that sometimes one’s gotta break things, eh?…
That’s the truth! 😂
Don't breathe that dust. SERIOUSLY🎯
I didn't lol. why's that though?
@@scrapitall200 pcb s are kinda toxic,,, not good for your liver.
Gets into lungs, lungs put oxygen
( & toxins if in environment) into blood. Liver cleans blood,,, liver💀
.
No one livers, for evers,, ,, ,,
Yeah, I talked about PCB’s in this video and showed that these did not contain PCB’s.
@@scrapitall200 you have equipment to test that?
My yard will pay u 8 cents lbs
That’s about 24 cents for them. Which is better than the 18 cents I got from the aluminum one lol.
Thank you for watching.
Awful lot of work and mess for penny's.....but interesting 🤔
I scrap for a hobby, but yeah these ones aren’t worth a lot of money compared to other things that can be scrapped.
Thank you for watching.
I'm pretty sure that what you're doing there is illegal. The material that's in the ballast are supposed to be disposed of properly. And knowingly disposing it incorrectly is prison time I believe.
I don’t want to come across as rude, but I literally talked about the potential danger of these in my video and these are NOT those kind.