Swa cable scrap price

[candor]

Been offered a bit of swa cable by my uncle, what sort of price per kg is it making in scrap? As we were going to go on that price.

 

[taxi ray]

It depends on the copper content, some swa has a low copper content.
have a guess of what the percentage of copper is and take it from there.
Bright wire is about £3.50 - £4.00 a kilo

 

[Robotstar5]

The bright copper scrap price does not include the weight of the wire armour

 

[brightspark]

take 2 thirds of the price if u dont strip it and if u burn it that takes a lump of it too

 

[lshigham]

The bright copper scrap price does not include the weight of the wire armour

Or the insulation

Unstripped armoured is around 70p/kg

 

[candor]

Good to know lads, thanks, will see what he says.