Which types of copper wire can be recycled?
Editor: Henan Doing
Date：February 26, 2018
Copper wire recycling machine
Copper scrap has five general types: scrap copper solids, scrap copper non-solids(turnings, dust, chips, etc.), scrap copper wire, scrap copper breakage(scrap motors, scrap transformers, scrap copper windings) and scrap copper alloy.
Copper wire types
85% Wire: Thin case with a diameter comparable to a pencil's. If you have this type of wire, just strip it yourself and get full copper price!
70% Wire: Romex/machine wire without any attachments. Found inside of any type of electronics or appliances 50% Wire: Extension cords and appliance cords
35% Wire: Thinly gauged wire with a considerable degree of attachments. "Communications wire" For example, VGA cables, telephone wires, etc.
10% Wire: Christmas lights However, most scrap yard do not segregate scrap wire into so many types. This will usually result in just 2 types of categories for you scrap copper wire:
High Grade Copper Wire: Any copper wire with a single layer of insulation. Low Grade Copper Wire: Any copper wire with a double layer of insulation. This is a general guideline. Every scrap yard is different. But one point is same that if you want to get the value of copper, you must remove insulation.
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