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FirstGonkEmpire t1_j9hds4x wrote

Reply to comment by Elfere in She insists on sitting in the chair for hours while I do paperwork. by wcollins260

Damn, I looked it up, only 4 bucks? I thought it was way more considering how much it gets stolen.

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wcollins260 OP t1_j9hmpdl wrote

It’s around $30 for the brick/ingot. Old copper scraps for around $3.50 these days, at least around here.

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CasualMonkeyBusiness t1_j9i1078 wrote

Electrician here. Copper is pretty heavy - for example 500 kcmil wire is 1.54lbs per foot. I can spend a Sunday cleaning up some scraps and make $1k in one trip to the yard.

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GuyanaFlavorAid t1_j9jebxu wrote

The biggest I ever scrapped from my old work was 4/0 and even that added up quick.

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mcmanybucks t1_j9j26v1 wrote

$4 per pound is a lot for the kinds of people who steal it

That's at least a bottle of cheap booze.

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