Where to find free scrap copper and make easy money!

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Scrapchat 67, 20th April 2022: This week is ALL about copper; that beautiful orange gold and a load of easy places you can find it! Of course there will be loads more and I'll have thought of more after filming but this video will give you the really easy places to get a nice amount of scrap copper!
If you are new here, I can't currently commit to a regular livestream due to my daughters complex needs so I do a regular weekly Wednesday night scrap chat premier as a way of chatting and keeping in touch with you guys whilst showing what I've been up to during the week.
I also am a bodycam girl, it isn't for everyone, if you get dizzy or seasick them bodycam isn't for you! I've tried a tripod on my bench but it just isn't practical, I don't have the space, hopefully when I get my bigger workshop next year I can set up a tripod and lose the bodycam, but for now I work with what I've got!
I'm fully licenced for my area and ask prior permission for items inside skips and so far nobody has ever said no, they want the extra space :) I still do quick dives to avoid passing comments, especially as I'm usually out in the evening.
Some lovely people have asked to send me the odd gift, to avoid us both extra fees (shipping for you and forwarding address fees for me) I have, like many finally set up an Amazon wish list. If there is something you would like to send that isn't on my list, then email me on the address on my about page and I'll add the product in if it's available on amazon UK. Any gifts to my forwarding address are of course still welcome and very much appreciated too!! You can email me on the address on my about page. Lots of resin moulds on my wish list too ;)
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[@Wreck-Gar]

Hey Sollers, I was talking to someone today about e-waste and they said something every scrapper doesn't want to hear: I wish I'd met you a couple of weeks ago, we had to hire a skip to get rid of all our old IT stuff. I felt sick 😫😫😫

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Oh griiiiim, I really hate it when people do that, I had similar with a data centre closure and they told me all the cable went into skips 🤦‍♀️😫😫😖

[@thubprint]

Little bits of copper in nearly everything it seems! We don’t get those mini shower heater units over here, I’d love to find those little copper tanks from time to time 😊

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Hi Thubprint! It is lovely finding those little copper tanks, something oddly cute about them too, which in itself I suppose it quite odd😂

[@jima2116]

Your copper collection is impressive, keep up the awesome work . I enjoy scraping different things for copper and I'm always trying to increase my stack for a super payday , watching your videos is great for motivation. Great job!

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@brasshouse-og]

Really good video for someone trying to learn. You have torn up so many appliances and electronics that you would really be an authoritative source on where you can find copper if you don’t get at your job like myself.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks 🙂👍

[@YKB6.9]

👍😜🤙

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

😁

[@krystiankucharski7299]

😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘❤❤❤❤❤❤ woow thank you so much aunt solles ❤ big hug big kiss ❤❤❤ i love you so much❤

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

😄

[@simonjones7785]

my boy will attack all sources, all electric motors have windings 90% of windings are copper

[@simonjones7785]

Motors will generally have Cooper for inductance reasons current carrying capacity copper beats ally on carrying capacity

[@franciscodavi1323]

I am from Brazil but sadly i cant find that much of copper as much as i wanted

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

I don't find it as often as I'd like either, but I save mine up 🙂

[@franciscodavi1323]

@@SollersScrappingandDiving understood colleague and in that moment i have 1,60kg of copper and 2,70kg of pure Brass metal

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

@@franciscodavi1323 very nice!!

[@simonjones7785]

heat dissapation is the reason for aluminium being used aluminium carries more heat than copper

[@simonjones7785]

the flat grey or white is known as twin and earth you can get iin 1.5mm to 16mmdepending on where it comes from in the house

[@scrapwomblecreatives6944]

am going to try go sleep now and dream about piles of copper goodness and strawberry icecream on a golden sunny day watching dad polishing it outside with braso and cleaning his brasses while we played in the paddling pool till mum call us in for satuday tea fridays was fish saturdays salad and a stan pie. sunday was chicken of beef or pork with veg stacked high. night and godbless everyone night soller lass thankyou for a loverly show

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Aww thanks womble, hope you had lovely copper dreams!

[@scrappinge-wasteholland460]

I love copper but i don""t always take the time to take it out or take it off.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

I understand, some things are just too time consuming!

[@simonjones7785]

I have a maket ap on my phone and I watch the prices move every week on the metals markets

[@MBHeritageFarms]

Thats a good stack of copper, Back in the day when I worked for the phone company, after every job I could get leftover rolls of #6 gauge raw copper ground wire for free. I stacked it and waited til it hit over $1 per pound and cashed in for a good bonus check lol

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

That sounds awesome, it all adds up, patience is the game 🙂

[@ABrokenSociety]

Ceiling fans have become one of my favorite scrap items. So much copper, a decent bit of aluminum or aluminium :), and a tad bit of steel. Some fancier fans have brass bits AND a brass ball chain!

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

@@ABrokenSociety haha when I first saw your message I thought it said Celine fans 😂. Yes they are great, unfortunately they are not too common where I am in England but it is lovely when I do get one 🙂

[@benhumphregys3087]

Great collection, keep going never stop

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

I will, I adore it! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@tomfedarick7042]

04 30 2022 - New Jersey

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Hi, welcome 🙂

[@lfurches]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching. Copper is such a lovely metal to look at. Lol! You are awesome my friend. An acquired taste. lol. You make me laugh girl. I'm the one who is acquired taste.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Aww thanks Laura 🙂 you're awesome!!

[@simonjones7785]

the grey cable is known as twin and earth

[@rubberneckingjks7254]

Great video can maybe do where to find brass and different types of brass.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Yes good idea, it's on the list 🙂👍 Thanks for watching!

[@simonjones7785]

quick tip if your new to scrapping and seeking out non ferrous I would suggest starting by collecting into coffee jars or cleaned out jam jars . it takes a while to collect small brass from terminals bu you can fill a 300 gm coffee jar reasonably quickly you can also strike off your weekly or daily add ins . gt the kids in on a challenge to fill a gar quicker than you ?

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Haha I was showing my current full jars on Scrapping Irish's stream last night, they add up so quick🙂

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

An excellent reference for beginner scrappers Sollers, well done! 👌👏

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks Chris 🙂

[@indayuno1112]

I enjoy watching your vlog. God bless.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thank you 🙂

[@Mr_guernsey_explorer180]

Some of the wire inside engine on microwaves are alloy done a few new microwaves and just binned the wire as not worth much in channel islands around 40p kilo im more into brass copper as thats worth 5£ fire normal light wire heavy wire from big things like cookers goes 5-50£ kilo ss is not worth nothing nore cast alloy

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Yes we call that Chinesium and it is really annoying finding it!

[@scrapwomblecreatives6944]

copper stackers new name designer egg cups, missed a good show by the looks of things keep well and safe

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Hope you are well!

[@scrapwomblecreatives6944]

@@SollersScrappingandDiving yes am still here lass plodding on as you do just tired all the time i need to get in the sun a while thats all to recharge my D

[@simonjones7785]

my crucible and devil forge are waiting for that stack of copper

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

😂

[@simonjones7785]

what part of thed uk are you in Im talking to you from a small town not far from Swansea south Wales

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

I'm in Kent, England🙂

[@richardhulbert9480]

Love the ceiling fans easiest cooper i know.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

@@richardhulbert9480 They are so yummy, wish people used them more over here!

[@dritsy]

so if your only getting 50 quid a run whats the point, surly you need atleast 200 a day to make it worth doing

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Not at all, some runs are non-ferrous big bucks, or circuit boards that will get about £1000 a run, but some are ferrous cheap runs and my yard is so local, I would much rather get rid of the bulky iron, and whatever I have stacked up at the time that I am turning in so I don't live in a what looks like a junk yard. I actually don't turn in my copper (except VIR cable), that is all kept if I did take it, I'd obviously get a lot more each run. Scrapping for me is a hobby and most hobbies actually cost people money, hundreds or even thousands, I'm always happy with making any money from mine, it's all a bonus. Obviously if I lived a distance from the yard, I would have to save up the scrap for bigger loads.

[@copperkingrecycling634]

Awesome video. Great tutorial. Thanks again.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thank you 😄

[@conorharford5117]

Hi Everyday Sollers could you tell me the make and model of your adjustable wrench? Also thanks for the info about the copper tank in the electric shower. I had no idea :)

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Sure thing, I'll look tomorrow as I'm working until late tonight 👍

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Hi, sorry for the delay. The adjustable wrench is made by RS Pro🙂

[@conorharford5117]

Cheers

[@its_marc]

You have sooooo much coppery goodness!

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Oooooo yeah 😊

[@simonjones7785]

Ive been recycling nuts and bolts for over 40 years ( both metric and imperial) got into small scale non ferrous just recently I have a forge where I recycle and smelt ally by the bucket load mostly cans and old motors

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

That's awesome, can't wait to melt for the first time 🙂

[@simonjones7785]

@SollersSrappingandDiving I bought a vertices forge from e Bay or amazon I can't remember now but because I'd seen big stacked in Australia smelting ally I thought why not scarap the cans I get my beer in my neibour loves his cider soni have his empties too I have a yard not too far from me that will take the cans crushed or not at 50 pence a kilo ifni smelt them to clean ingots id get 80 pence a kilo

[@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523]

🐇🥚😂

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

😁😊

[@shanesuthy]

love the little copper tank in the shower

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Awesome wasn't it, was filled with a lovely copper element too! 🙂

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

Yes any solid romex, house wire, is worth stripping but the stranded isn’t worth you stripping, well at least that’s what I found over the years, course I been out of the scrapping bizz for quite a while but I’m 64 now and had been scrapping since I was in my twenties. I don’t know much about today’s scrapping prices or any ewaste stuff, that Stuff just started coming in before I got out of scrapping. But I’m in the states, Ky to be exact, but I’ve scrapped around Ky and Ohio, SW Ohio mainly. Anyhow, yeah pretty cool, a beautiful uk scrapping lady, I never run across many women scrappers when I was into it, oh there were a few but not very good looking, sorry ladies. Anyways, scrap on girl, scrap on, oh and I certainly subbed you, so rock on 🤘!

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Haha thank you 🥰 I can't imagine ever getting out of scrapping, I love it so much!!

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

@@SollersScrappingandDiving - yes ma’am I hear you, I liked it because I had money in my pocket just about everyday, because I usually always took a load into the scrapyard everyday but I just didn’t do the non ferrous but shred/tin, short steel or #2 steel, and whatever. I generally took a load of shred in everyday. Or some places call it appliance steel, same as shred.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

@@hensleyshobbies-doug7761 sounds pretty cool 👍

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

@@SollersScrappingandDiving - take care and keep on keeping on 🤘

[@scb180]

OH MY GOODNESS 😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Looks nice doesn't it!!

[@scb180]

Yes fantastic 👍👍

[@krystiankucharski7299]

hey aunt solles I have a problem because I listened to the recording from Wednesday and I have a problem that English subtitles are normal and my subtitles are delayed, can they be fixed somehow?

[@leeberry6875]

Hi do you sell copper ingots at the scrap yard?

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Hi, no I don't, I keep all my copper for future casting 🙂

[@simonjones7785]

heads up most fridges and freezers have steel condensers the (radiator you see on the back ) these may still have gas in them freon air con units may also still be gassed

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Definitely I only take air con units if they have told me they have been degassed and I don't touch fridges and freezers, I'm not prepared to release freon into the environment. That's why I'm always amazed to see people can put them in shred in the US

[@simonjones7785]

@SollersSrappingandDiving glad to hear tha t the air con units have been degassing. Im ex industrial fridge o

[@dannymainra3758]

Hi mam I m Vikram. I want to import wire scrap with or without pvc . Pls reply

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Sorry, I'm just a hobby scrapper so can't help you on that front, good luck 👍

[@dannymainra3758]

@@SollersScrappingandDiving ok dear

[@KogaNja]

Gulf coast scrapper sent me

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks so much for coming over 🙂👍

[@jefffowler2039]

Nice video keep up the good work

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thank you 🙂

[@TIMUR-ASKET]

super ckrap 👍👍👍👍

[@scrapwomblecreatives6944]

lol noification always reminds me after the show its a pain

[@Derbyhobbiescrapper]

Copper copper copper all for me lol

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

😁

[@christophertaylor2464]

I'm a new subscriber. Not new to scraping I have been doing scrap off and on for 30 years. I don't think that I have ever seen a woman so in to scraping before now. I have tried to teach a few weman how to make money scraping and now I have learned a few things from you so thank you I really enjoyed your video you did good. I look forward to seeing more. GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL WHO READ THIS AMEN.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thank you so much, that made me smile! There is a live Premier every Sunday at 9pm🙂

[@simonjones7785]

just found you instant thumbs up Ive been recyling for 40 years ( if you wanted nails for your trolley / go cart /soapbox racer what ever you salvaged the nals from old timber and straightened them to use them I also rescued nuts and bolts from old cars going to scrap I would also remove relays bulbs and fuses

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Really appreciate you joining me🙂 Recycling anything is the best hobby, so satisfying, I adore scrapping!!

[@claytonschemper8375]

Whole nother level of organized chaos

[@AbdulMalik-zb1qt]

Hi I m from Pakistan me naam Abdul Malik

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Hi Abdul, thanks for watching my channel 🙂

[@Olliescraps]

Hi

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

@@Olliescraps Hi🙂

[@bigredbullion3883]

Great video as always my friend .... Stack up all that copper

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks Red, indeed...stack stack stack 😄

[@brissyboy7164]

Dang i missed it to busy flapping gums with peeps , watching the replay ............. Thumbs Up

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

No worries 🙂

[@annajamieson4969]

I am new to scrapping. Thanks for the educational video. I know what to look for now.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Glad to help🙂👍

[@MissCanadian]

Sorry I miss this but im watching now my friend copper 🤑

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks Evie 😊

[@scottsome2007]

Wow love seeing all walk of life getting stuck into the scrap and giving it a go great video and keep up the good work your doin cheers❤

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thank you 🙂 I just adore it!!!

[@afineliner740]

I honestly enjoyed that very much Sollers. Wow I am really impressed with your hoard of copper in all shapes and sizes, especially that fish ? you feed. You've got a nice stack of wire to strip, lucky you. Those shower units are amazing, haven't seen anything like that here. With the contacts from switches I have recently scrapped, I found that the buttons are magnetic. That strip of copper from the chair lift, also new to me. Keep enjoying what you do, and may the scrap gods smile down on you. 👍

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

If the contacts are magnetic they will be silver nickel and still 85-95% silver so still nab those babies 😄 I did enjoy showing some of my copper collection, I'd love somebody else to do one with different things I didn't know about, the wonderful thing about YT is sharing our knowledge 🙂 Thanks so much for the lovely comment 🙂

[@LeewayImperial]

Brilliant..miss you friend stay safe keeo it up x

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks Leeway, it's been crazy here with my sister passing away and me taking care of two extra children, not much tim for KZbin, I'll stop by soon though 💜

[@andy-takeawayboys]

new to the channel and scraping thanks so much for all the info on this video

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks for being here! I adore scrapping, have fun 🙂

[@noo7fi]

Shrab.... Bliiiiz

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Sorry I'm not sure what that means 🙈

[@maryannrussell7255]

is the shower unit, hot water on demand? we don't have those in canada.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Hi, yes that is exactly it, they heat the water there and then, not every house has that kind and it is grim if there is a power cut!

[@markmumby6682]

Thank you for an interesting video

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thank you 🙂

[@handduggraverdronline]

I've yet to run into a motor that's tuff to get the copper out. Big or small they take 5 min at the most

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

5mins on the tricky ones, you should show us how it's done, you've obviously got the knack 👍

[@handduggraverdronline]

Grinder and a screwdriver all it takes

[@christophermac1797]

Can you do a video on how you organize circuit boards?

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Yes I certainly can, I've just sold them all but when I get enough for a selection I will show you again 🙂👍

[@christophermac1797]

@@SollersScrappingandDiving thank you! I’m collecting a bunch as a get e waste but it gets frustrating taking some e waste apart & I just want to smash it! But I know I shouldn’t, a video showing how I could organize some of it would be great! Or how others do it. Thank you

[@teamSHTF]

Fun day of scrapping!

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Indeed!! 🙂 Glad you got your sculpture 🥰

[@davegdm954]

Good tip on the magnetrons. I did not know that. even though with my business model I don't have time to process for the copper and Ill still throw them in Irony aluminum its still good knowledge to have

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

It's always interesting learning new things. I know what you mean about the time to process etc, there is so much more I would like to do if I had the time, thanks for watching 🙂👍

[@davegdm954]

@@SollersScrappingandDiving yup sometimes I have to pass up on value because the time it takes is far greater than the amount of money to be made. My business is being built on volume and easy value. If I remember next time I'm doing a microwave on my scrap channel I will try to mention the copper in the magnetron of course I will Add your nasty chemicals warning

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

@@davegdm954 oh you have a channel, I'll check you out 👍

[@davegdm954]

@@SollersScrappingandDiving the channel that you should check out is @the new england scrapper, not this one I commented with. haha oops I guess I should have mentioned that

[@adrianmorning.1555]

New subscriber here. Do you collect the scrap yourself or buy it in? Cheers

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks so much, I occasionally buy a big e-waste pallet from a house clearance company but not for a couple of years or so, the rest is all collected for free, either from companies, skip diving(with permission) or e-waste bin drop offs🙂

[@judicare]

Yummy copper 🤤🤤🤤

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Yummy indeed!!

[@grahamnichols4189]

👍

[@SilverScorpion]

Nice

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks 😊

[@kimphillips8354]

Hi , my name is Kim and i was wondering is it worth buying a container of electrical items from Amazon for the copper, Iv never bought one as yet and also what do you look for ?

[@its_marc]

That would depend how cheap you’d get it for

[@kimphillips8354]

any hints would be helpful

[@its_marc]

Watch other videos on this channel Kim, she has done exactly this before.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Hi, in honesty I would say no as the main buyers for the amazon ones are re-sellers as a lot of their returns are working. You would be better off doing what I do and trying to find a house clearance company where you can buy faulty electronics by the pallet. It can be worth a call round local companies and looking on eBay. The difficulty is if you have to get delivery though as this is hefty at the moment. Hope that helps 🙂👍

[@kimphillips8354]

thank you ,love your vids ,i went to the scrap last week and got 600 pounds for my copper that i collected over 4 years lol

[@andreandpaula]

Very. Nice

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thank you 🙂

[@scraprodriguez]

Awesome video!

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks 🙂

[@angryblacksmith7675]

👍👍

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

🙂👍

[@ecoscrapper3501]

Excellent video Sollers, packed with info. Love collections of random goodies 👍

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks 🙂 got to love a collection of copper goodies!!