SwingaDingDing
Senior Member
Hey everyone, i have a question to those who know about scrapping metals. I am a little confused between number one and number two copper.
Question 1: From what i understand, #1 copper is considered clean and bright wire thicker than a piece of lead from a pencil. What i have also heard is that copper piping that is clean with no solder is also number one? So if i put them both in the same pile, would the scrapyard take both as number one copper?
Question 2: For the types of cable wire (the stuff that is in strands, not the thick wire), i have some that is stained and dark/dirty, and some that is bright and shiny. So should i put the dirty wire with other #2 copper that include #2 pipes, decorative pieces or teapots, etc? And would the bright stuff be considered ''bright and shiny'', but not #1 because it is not thicker than pencil lead?
Question 3: The copper i find metal detecting is corroded green, as usual copper does. Even though some #2 pipe may have a bit of solder/corrosion, this would still be consider #2 even though it looks a lot uglier than the pipes right?
So basicly what i am asking is, what are the types of copper and what items fall under them? THANKS TO ANYBODY WHO ANSWERS THIS BECAUSE I REALLY NEED SOME HELP RIGHT NOW!!!
Question 1: From what i understand, #1 copper is considered clean and bright wire thicker than a piece of lead from a pencil. What i have also heard is that copper piping that is clean with no solder is also number one? So if i put them both in the same pile, would the scrapyard take both as number one copper?
Question 2: For the types of cable wire (the stuff that is in strands, not the thick wire), i have some that is stained and dark/dirty, and some that is bright and shiny. So should i put the dirty wire with other #2 copper that include #2 pipes, decorative pieces or teapots, etc? And would the bright stuff be considered ''bright and shiny'', but not #1 because it is not thicker than pencil lead?
Question 3: The copper i find metal detecting is corroded green, as usual copper does. Even though some #2 pipe may have a bit of solder/corrosion, this would still be consider #2 even though it looks a lot uglier than the pipes right?
So basicly what i am asking is, what are the types of copper and what items fall under them? THANKS TO ANYBODY WHO ANSWERS THIS BECAUSE I REALLY NEED SOME HELP RIGHT NOW!!!