Scrapping plug ends, WHY YOU SHOULD!!!!! Some TIPS and TRICKS as well.

Hello scrappers and planet lovers. In this video, I will give some tips and tricks to effectively scrap plug ends. I will also perform an experiment to see if removing the prongs is worth your time and effort for the brass and #2 copper.
Here is the link to the other video mentioned:
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[@selenerucobo2251]

Thank you for your great instruction video. You have saved me from wasting a lot of time and muscle had i not watched this.

[@TinManScrapper]

Glad it helped. Thank you for the kind words and for watching! Stay well and happy scrapping.

[@TinManScrapper]

Final breakdown: 10lbs plug whole 10 x 0.19lb = $1.90 separated 1.14lbs brass (3.05 lb) = $5.74, 5oz #2 copper ($4.37 lb) = $1.37, and now 7.12lbs waste. = so made $7.11 compared to $1.90. It took about an hour.

[@allaround5846]

Your math is off on the brass

[@davea5150]

I do this all the time. Going to try my big yard.

[@TinManScrapper]

Note: when I have 40% appliance chords I leave the head on and just pull out the brass prongs so I still get the weight of the head and ZERO waste.

[@BushDogScrapper]

Good Idea I'm going to do this and set a few aside and see if my yard will take them like that a lil extra weight always helps! haha

[@darkshadow5730]

Reminds me of the old hosing the seats down in the winter....😅

[@BushDogScrapper]

@@darkshadow5730 haha age old trick in the auto scrapping field 🤣💦🤣👌🏻

[@darkshadow5730]

@@BushDogScrapper ik a guy that used to fill appliances with water n let em freeze he got criminally trespassed and charĝed something about intent to comit fraud.... the piced the appliances off the trailer with the claw and out fell a ton of 🧊 ice lmao

[@BushDogScrapper]

@@darkshadow5730 Geez 🤣🤣🤣

[@TinManScrapper]

Btw, the roasting pan was also found on garbage day.

[@davea5150]

I use side cutters and pull and twist them. No problems.

[@aprilw6044]

Awesome! Great info!

[@jpgolias]

Great video again. I have a container full of ends waiting for me. Will have to try the sun method this weekend

[@PaulieTheWog]

Thanks for including my experience so others don’t get downgraded for plug ends on 60% wire. ✌️

[@jamesfirth1280]

No problem. Thanks for the update. It really does depend sometimes on the day you go, prices, and who is working the scale a lot of times in my experience. There has actually been a few occasions where I have had to threaten or take some of my load back because I refused to be downgraded, etc.

[@PaulieTheWog]

@@jamesfirth1280 I should have refused the downgrade but it was my first time selling appliances wire. I probably lost 30 or 40 dollars. I still got 217.50 for 145lbs (4 totes) and now I know for the future. Thanks again for sharing all your knowledge here on KZbin. ✌️

[@BushDogScrapper]

Awesome Video plug ends are a great way to build up the brass pile! I love making a batch of plug soup over the fire! CheeRs Scrap Family

[@Sirscrapalot2876]

Thank you for your content. I've learned a lot, and saved so much time. Keep it coming!!👍🏾👍🏾

[@TinManScrapper]

Thank you for the kind words. Stay well.

[@JustAskDave88]

Been scraping for a while and still learn from your videos. Thanks tinman!

[@TinManScrapper]

Thank you for the comment and compliment. Stay well and happy scrapping

[@leehirst8081]

Brilliant, thanks for the tips 👍

[@TinManScrapper]

Glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for the comment and support.

[@colonialcharlie8702]

Thanks tinman good info. I fill a bucket with those small uncoated thin gauge copper snips and save to melt. Number 2 price for 99% Cu does not make sense. * Those bigger plug blocks often will have silver contacts on the brass prongs, with a solenoid to open and close on things like the A/C plug or any with a reset/test function. Snip those contact ends off. May be worth checking the bucket if you have done alot of them. 👍

[@junitosanchez1070]

Thanks for the video tin

[@TinManScrapper]

Thanks for watching. Stay well

[@nightscrapperuk13]

Us brits started the plug soup 🍲 method and there is 5 different graded plugs ,to me your type seem very easy to strip compared to my types of plug soap, but great outcome

[@Kreacher1974]

I use a pair of vice grips and side cutters.

[@johngibson4641]

Thankyou very much tin man scrapper ,, i have been doing scrap metal recycling here in Australia for over 30 years and have only encountered this reduction in cost value due to the plug ends being on the chords and probly only around 3 years ago that they started doing this here. I am going to give this a go tomorrow and I'll get back to you to tell you how i went. Thanks again for you advice. Cheers from John in Australia

[@TinManScrapper]

Thank you John for the comment. Keep me posted on your results. Stay well and happy scrapping.

[@MrCoreyTexas]

I try and find podcasts and audiobooks I can listen to while I work on little bits of scrap like this since it's not exactly high dollar amounts per hour. I figure it's a good way to spend my time since normally when I listen to a podcast I'm not doing anything physically.

[@TinManScrapper]

I appreciate you checking out my videos. Stay well.

[@pryordvm]

PLUG SOUP! PLUG SOUP! WOOOOOO!

[@davea5150]

I find everything in the trash. Go out four late nights a week. I beat the early morning scrappers. The only way to get first dibs.

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

I get $.35 a pound for plug-ins in my yard in Southport North Carolina. I just turned them in the other day.

[@TinManScrapper]

not bad price.

[@kevansization]

FYI most copper wire is shredded (In a granulator), and comes out as little pebbles(chops). The brass ends up contaminating the copper. That's why the plugs must be removed.

[@vincentsmith4259]

I have a question I recently got some TV cable wire along with a couple of small cast aluminum boxes with TV connections and there are pins in them, are they gold??

[@TinManScrapper]

There are a lot of those type of items that do have gold plated pins, so probably yes.

[@crystaledwards9003]

I like to cut my prongs off with a grinder and throw the rest of my plugs in copper baring or copper content. I'm in northern Ontario I use Sudbury scrap yards for my non ferrous and such and manitoulin for my shred tin and appliances or white goods as that's where I am

[@TinManScrapper]

Nice, clean cut with a grinder. Thanks for the comment. What are the prices around there?

[@anthonycolangeli4133]

I love plug ends. I enjoy removing the pieces. I saw someone put them in a vice and it was easy to remove using the channel lock. Does it really pay to remove the copper from the brass or just leave as is? Love the videos!

[@jamesfirth1280]

It all adds up and very easy and quick to do.

[@andrewbussell3224]

In my opinion, I will not work for an hour for five dollars

[@anthonycolangeli4133]

@@andrewbussell3224 I can understand that.

[@garyryan-ou4oc]

What about the female side o plugs

[@vincentsmith4259]

I have another question I've been micro scraping for a little over 2 years collecting gold are there places you can take it to in order to get money?? I live in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania

[@TinManScrapper]

In the US I know there is a place you can send it to called boardsort.com. I have actually not sent there yet since I live in Canada an shipping costs need to be less than profit for me

[@crystaledwards9003]

I would like to know about Co axle is it worth it

[@TinManScrapper]

I actually have a video on co axial cable. The nice thing is you can find tons of it in dumpsters and some of it can be copper wire in the middle and aluminum casing

[@micahferrin1779]

Are all plug ends brass, even the white/silver ones?

[@micahferrin1779]

I think you answered my question....

[@endfedinctaxonindividuals7486]

I believe so!! Run a magnet on them!

[@RE-PHYCO-LAR]

Is the non copper wire aluminum?

[@TinManScrapper]

Yes, although some wire is metallic looking, but if scratched it dos reveal copper underneath and therefore woul be classified as #2 copper

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

I never do plug soup anymore

[@robwaterfiled6168]

dont need water if you place plugs in the sun, 30c and above works best

[@TinManScrapper]

Yup, agree. it just matters if you get those types of temperatures, but yes it too does work. Thanks for the comment. Stay well and happy scrapping.

[@robwaterfiled6168]

@@TinManScrapper down side is i dont allways want to do much when its hot out lol, cheers

[@whatarewedoing0]

why would you call those copper strands number 2? they should be number 1 right? pure copper no coating or anything....right? my yard gives me number 1 for all that

[@UrbanMiningWithGearHead]

Because of the gauge of the wire. His yard wants a larger gauge to get number 1. I think he could negotiate that if he had a very large amount. I choose to melt mine into ingots

[@whatarewedoing0]

idk if thats true, gauge usually only matter to get bare bright but its possible i guess@@UrbanMiningWithGearHead

[@grijzekijker]

​@@UrbanMiningWithGearHeadsome yards refuse ingots because it's difficult to trust nothing has been mixed in (like iron/lead)

[@UrbanMiningWithGearHead]

@@grijzekijker I know. I don't sell to them because I sell privately and get 5 to 6 times more as an ingot to casters.

[@thegrumpygerman]

Total waste of time. And energy just throw it in with your tin

[@TinManScrapper]

in with your tin?

[@thegrumpygerman]

@TinManScrapper yes. Just throw the cut off ends into your tin pile

[@kevansization]

@@thegrumpygerman That's what I do too. No weight in the brass so not worth the effort.....

[@bandicootwarped7905]

I can tell you like the sound of your own voice, a bit too much mate.

[@TinManScrapper]

No, I actually like helping others with scrapping and therefore have to explain things in detail.

[@UrbanMiningWithGearHead]

The pricing you get is insane compared to Vegas! Even Kommiephonia isn't much more. Copper and brass are less more than a dollar of what you are getting!

[@supersneakydotcom]

Canada's dollar is around 35% less than usd .... most everything is pegged to usd

[@UrbanMiningWithGearHead]

@@supersneakydotcom OK. And I suppose the fact that our admin is printing money as quickly as they can turn the press doesn't help either

[@ThisCharminManc]

I’ve got a big box full of wires from various appliances and I was planning to leave all the plugs on them, then I thought I better cut them all off, now I’m seeing you leave some on and take some off. I’m confused 🫠😂

[@TinManScrapper]

If they are the 40% ones leave the heads on and just pull off the prongs. The weight from the heads is good for the weight. However, the 60% wires you need to take off anyway so it is good to get out as much #2 copper as possible.

[@supersneakydotcom]

Just wondering.... if you're getting basically free materials, why don't you melt it down, make cool stuff you could be selling .... alot better pay than scrap yard