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I am getting into the habit of stripping fuse boxes and consumer units when I replace them. However I was wondering which parts of the CU are copper.
Neutral and earth bars?
The screws in the neutral and earth bars?
The bit that the old BS3036 fuses push into?
I enjoy pottering for a few hours taking them apart. I don't like the thought of them going to landfill which I expect some do even when taken to the recycle centre. But I would like to make sure I'm not mixing metals when I eventually (in many years) weigh them in for scrap.
So apart from the question above regarding which parts are copper It would be good to know what you think a scrap yard would do if I had inadvertently mixed brass with copper? How would they actually know if it's all mixed in together and mainly copper? I'd rather avoid this though and just have copper.
Here is a picture of a few of the bits in my bucket so far..
I'll be taking out the brass banjo!
Neutral and earth bars?
The screws in the neutral and earth bars?
The bit that the old BS3036 fuses push into?
I enjoy pottering for a few hours taking them apart. I don't like the thought of them going to landfill which I expect some do even when taken to the recycle centre. But I would like to make sure I'm not mixing metals when I eventually (in many years) weigh them in for scrap.
So apart from the question above regarding which parts are copper It would be good to know what you think a scrap yard would do if I had inadvertently mixed brass with copper? How would they actually know if it's all mixed in together and mainly copper? I'd rather avoid this though and just have copper.
Here is a picture of a few of the bits in my bucket so far..
I'll be taking out the brass banjo!