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DIY & Home Improvement

ramblin_dave

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1. It depends on where you are

Reply to Beartracks (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2019, 06:08 PM

Dec 2019

Most metropolitan areas will have scrap salvage yards somewhere.

In my neighborhood, such things as appliances can be put on the curb. They almost never get picked up by the city. People in pickup trucks go through the neighborhood before the city gets there and gets stuff like that. That's the easiest way to deal with a small item.

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Is there any recycling value for a dead condenser motor from my a/c? [View all] Beartracks Dec 2019 OP

It depends on where you are ramblin_dave Dec 2019 #1

Appliance recycler? Turbineguy Dec 2019 #2

Try your metal recyclers RainCaster Dec 2019 #3

Ditto that. Same for old transformers. Since it's largely *not* copper, you won't get much $$. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #5

Any Chance To Repurpose It Into A Steampunk ...... global1 Dec 2019 #4

If you are talking about the compressor, you might not be able to dispose of it. Kaleva Dec 2019 #6

I'll bet if you leave it in the alley (at least around where I live), it'll be gone before you ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #7

The junkers here in Chicago are brutal. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2019 #8

Yes, I know. They'll bust the TVs apart for some of the components (I'm guessing... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #9

Home Depot BunnyMcGee Mar 2020 #10

Ooh, thanks. Cuz I've got a lot more, not just that motor. Beartracks Mar 2020 #11