Processing AC Coils For Extra Cash, Scrapping HID Lights, & I Score 2 Power Units

[@johndaley9188]

If the motors are still around I would consider buying a 1 to 3 phase converter and use on your current or new stripper. 5 HP seems to get the job done. Anything goes wrong with the motor you have 100% replacement spares.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I do have a few converters. I have a 5 hp, 10 hp (needs capacitors) and a 50 hp phase converter that I can't run because it needs 110 amps and I only have a 100 amp service. lol

[@cditzler6313]

I mentioned to mike the scav about your comment about tons of lights being replaced and he just posted well yesterday that he filled his truck think the weight was 2240lbs of lights bummer he didnt break them down but i understand the mess it wouldve made anywho you predicted spot on

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks. The lights are tough if you don't have space to process them and especially if you are doing it by your self.

[@markrice3502]

glad too see your helpers still there with you hope hes working out for you .have a great day and thanks for your videos i like watching yours

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, He is one of the better helper I've had.

[@guyrobertson2606]

One day I will have a set up like you! I wanna see the sluce set up!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Well I hope you get there soon. The sluice will be coming soon.

[@andrewcooper8980]

The new brake lever is working really good. You barely have to touch it to kick in. Nice job

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, It really helps with being productive.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Magic sauce 😂👌👍 ooo the 17mins in glass smash, V nice 🔨😁 Nice road trip👍🌧 (rain weight lol)

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, Thanks

[@iffy9776]

The music you play when you time lapse always reminds me of pink Floyd money...love the video,

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, Thanks!

[@harryverboom4032]

Scrapyard is like a candy store for you always bringing those goodies back home haha

[@ProjectShopFl]

If I had the space and money I'd have so much awesome stuff. Every time I'm there I have to tell my self you don't really need that, or that, or the other thing, or that nice pice of aluminum. It really is a struggle. LOL

[@JoseRodriguez-fb5ix]

Sweeping up and putting it back on the coils,rain weight.your a freakin genius at the scrap game.thank you for the advice.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, Thanks every pound counts. lol

[@famousamoso7]

Always love to start my day with an inspirational video from you :)

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I really appreciate that. 👊

[@silverlicious2086]

Put the Secret Sauce back on when you sell. Hahah. Maximize the weight. I like it. Nice job man! I enjoy watching your videos.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you! 👊

[@josephverstynen3149]

thanks for all your information and you’re really getting a pretty cool shop

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👊

[@hisandherscoins]

I’m just a small scraper but I make money from it for sure I just started stacking up my tin and ACR rads I clean everything up to make the most money from it thank you for sharing with us

[@ProjectShopFl]

No problem, glad you enjoy the videos.

[@robertlivingstone3947]

Hey great to see another great video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for watching and for always leaving a comment. 👊

[@davidpook5778]

Get a phase converter for those 3 phase motors. I have one on my Bridgeport.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@joshp6061]

Nice scrap cleanup; hope your trucks injectors doing okay

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, Still trying to figure out the injector. I'll be making a video on it.

[@dc6233]

Hey my bro, you're a smart dude, all you need to do is build yourself a rotary phase convertor. Because they are 5HP, you can't get away with a static convertor, which is just a capacitor and a relay basically. The rotary convertor is just a 230V motor with no load used to create a 3rd leg, then you have L1, L2 and L3, it's very easy to do and there are plenty of YT videos to help you. You've got some metal enclosures and plenty of wire/transformers/relays/wire nuts to get you started. Those are some TEM - totally enclosed 5HP motors, they are worth a fortune to anyone that needs them. If they were 480V, forget it, but you'll have no problem using them. I can run my Mill and Lathe off of 1 static convertor because they are only 1 or 2HP each.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info, I have 3 roto phase generator. A 5 hp one for my mill and lathe, a 10 hp I want to set up to bench test stuff and a 50 hp one I got from a airport. I've made videos on it.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

My first light job is going great! Already taken about 5-600$ worth of cast aluminum and steel to the yard!. Holding onto all the transformers until they get every light changed out at the mall. Onto the 🛸 street lights! Damn then suckers are huge! Can’t wait to break open all them 1000 watt transformers! Oh and didn’t pay a dime for them. They I’m their scrap guy! Free free free

[@ProjectShopFl]

Good job man, Free scrap is the best scrap. lol

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@ProjectShopFl yessir They have another mall after this and I’m their guy they said. I can’t complain other than that I bought. A 2017 Camry with cash instead of a truck. See my delimma!

[@shawnmartin7000]

Sawzall works well for those AC coils

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info

[@tinathompson2877]

Can't wait to see what you mean by black diesel?? I've never heard of it before. Great video!!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, It's gonna be pretty cool. lol

[@AlwaysBored123]

Nice find. I've had good luck running three phase motors off (relatively) cheap VFD's from ebay.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the info, I will definitely Look in to that.

[@alexmurphy9025]

So I've been wondering, is it always worth it to make the 2hr trip each way to that scrap yard? I'd be surprised if there wasn't a few scrap yards closer to you that you could hit instead of having to spend the profit in time and fuel. You said in a previous video that you usually have a couple customers lined up for the return trip, so what do you do if you have no stops to make on the way back?

[@ProjectShopFl]

There are probably 20 scrap yards closer but the place I go to buys from them. lol Usually I would not go to the scrap yard with out having some pick up's to do but I was running out of room in the shop and I did a different kind of recycling on my way back that I have not yet put on the channel.

[@nickshelley3118]

I also bend the flanges back so I can cut flush then go behind the flange and cut flush again so I dont have to pry the flange off although sometimes you have to anyway.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for sharing and for watching.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice! 👊

[@Guesswho69650]

I do the same thing you do sweep the dust up and fold it into the scrap. I was taught not to waste anything 💯

[@ProjectShopFl]

Great minds thin alike. lol Thanks for watching.

[@nachostuff]

Not sure the buyer agrees with the secret sauce. I get it but I am not sure I would bring attention to it. Are you weighing each of the lights? How much more are you making driving down to MIA versus local? happy Hunting!

[@ProjectShopFl]

I did weigh the lights, usually I would weigh 1 and count them. These were all in a different state of disassembling and some were retrofitted. On taking scrap to Miami its worth it for me because I not only get paid more across the board I have lots of customers in Miami and Broward county that I usually pick up from on the way back.

[@nachostuff]

@@ProjectShopFl Makes sense - thanks for the reply. Are you weighing to make sure you get paid right? I know many people are leary to whether the weigh they bring is the weight they get paid for.

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@nachostuff I had to get the weight so I can pay the customer. It was raining and they dropped them and left the at the pole so I just threw them in the trailer and weighted them at the shop.

[@nachostuff]

@@ProjectShopFl Ok i get it.

[@JimboScrapper]

Badass video 👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@RHYGAR1]

Great show.great info...u got my sub my Brother

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank You! 👊

[@1971hayes]

How do you find the scrap metals to break down and bring to the scrap yard.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I buy it from electrical contractors.

[@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523]

copper clip was that for copper noodles? You are lucky to get #1 for ac copper pipes. Nice job

[@ProjectShopFl]

It's called "mixed low copper clips" and it was for the clean sheet aluminum. Makes no sense to me. lol

[@bigredbullion3883]

I like getting Aluminum copper rads

[@ProjectShopFl]

I don't get them often but I will start pushing to get more.

[@bigredbullion3883]

@@ProjectShopFl ya they good prices here in canada $3 lbs

[@XfireKeenmike]

Love the secret sauce

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, Thanks!

[@eby6114]

3 phase. You might have to bite the bullet and get a 3 phase inverter. Might get you out of some tricky situations

[@ProjectShopFl]

I have 3 of them, a 5 hp for my mill and lathe, a 10 hp and a 50 hp. The 10 hp I need to replace the capacitors, the 50 hp draws over 100 amps so I can't run that in my shop.

[@douglloyd3802]

Why haven't you built a a/c compressor processor, alot of copper in those compressors just like a transformer.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I am gathering all the parts, the two hydraulic power units are one of the last things I needed.

[@computerlearingchannel4257]

I got a question, in one of your other videos u mention the scrapyard you sell to is a industrial scrapyards and that why they purchase your scrap at a higher price. How do you find a scrapyard like this cuz the scrap i go to rip me off my copper (even tho it was a small amount of copper just to test them) and they have multiple location in my state. I basically got 2.40 a lbs for copper

[@ProjectShopFl]

The place I sell to is an exporter, they only but from scrap yards and large industrial operations. They don't really buy from the general public.

[@MikeZMonroe]

What’s the chalky powder on the coils? Sea salt residue?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I think its corrosion from the aluminum coils. lol

[@dc6233]

That Fla air has so much moisture, it attacks the aluminum. It's just oxidation and it happens allot faster in humid environment, it's why boats need so much maintenance...

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@dc6233 Haha, Boat = Bust out another Thousand! Thanks for sharing.

[@mrk9295]

Man I wish the ac coils i get were as easy to break down as those are 🤣

[@ProjectShopFl]

If you cut them right its pretty easy. Thanks for watching

[@josephverstynen3149]

reefer coils I cut from the other side and then pull all the little horseshoes off then here in Wichita Kansas They give you number #2 price even without the solder joints because of the fluid that has run through the copper pipe is there reason

[@ProjectShopFl]

That sounds like they are ripping people off. You could try and put then in a bucked of dawn dish soap to remove the oil.

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks. 👊

[@beauberrier179]

What’s the best way to copper pipe out of the radiators ?

[@ProjectShopFl]

They make a machine.

[@thepenguin11]

XD here in Europe diesel is 2x your price. It is at 2 Eur/l.

[@ProjectShopFl]

They are robbing us and we are letting them

[@thepenguin11]

@@ProjectShopFl Sadly that is what happens when monopoly hits, and big alliances like OPEC can dictate stuff.

[@joes2484]

i knew a guy that scrapped told me to turn my copper in on rainy days for extra weight. he used to add extra water in the containers himself. He also added secret sauce to the ac coils but it was not like what you added, he added sand. scammer.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I've seen people empty 1 gallon milk jugs at the scrap yard. lol

[@williampeterson4416]

Why do you go to Miami with your scrap? Is that the closest to you or are the prices so much better there?

[@ProjectShopFl]

The price and I have customers in the area

[@williampeterson4416]

Your helper in this video is a little slow, is he new? I have only seen the older guy (Steve?) before.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂, He is actually an OG of the channel

[@williampeterson4416]

What are the clean ac coils processed as? What kind of price do they get?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Not sure at the moment but I think I show it at the end.