Do you have to pay tax on money received from weighing in copper from household cable, Swa etc? I guess you do as we have to pay tax on everything we do nowadays, I am just getting more and more jobs with loads of tat and need to weigh it in soon so just making sure I am doing my books right.
I'm an approved NICEIC contractor & have been in the game for some time now (20+ years) I'm considering starting a scrap collection service purely for my fellow electricians as I myself am fed up with the whole process.
What I'm proposing is a collection service either to your business or home...
I’ve got a hell of a lot of scrap cable in my garage. I know it would take a long time but is it financially beneficial to strip the cable or does it not make much difference?
Iv got 2 large bins full of scrap cable. Mostly 2.5 t+e, 1.5 t+e, flexes and singles.
I need to get rid but I'm unsure if to scrap as is or invest in a stripper to get the bright copper.
What are people experiences with all the varying strippers available? Iv seen £15 things on ebay up to...
So over the past few months or so I have been ripping out SWA from an old warehouse unit for a mate. I have got loads of short bits of 1.5 & 2.5 SWA the lengths vary from about 2M to about 15M. Its all old colours and most ends still have the rusted glands on it and some galv boxes still...
I am having a cable stripping day in the garden whilst the rain clouds have gone.
A few cables from older houses look like they are tinned copper. Here is a picture of the tinned copper and normal copper. Is it tinned copper? It was taken from imperial cable.
Also, will the scrap yard treat...
@gaz101 's thread got me thinking about stripping all my scrap cables rather than taking them in for weighing with all the insulation on.
The cable I have is nearly all 1mm-6mm. I realise many of you feel it is not worth the time stripping the smaller cables but I would be quite happy spending...
She wasn’t. She was at school cleaning utensils after home economics class.
Dried a knife the wrong way....
luckily still has all movement in her thumb.
After coming across countless faults in domestic premises regarding ring final circuits, I reckon they should scrap em...
Gets frustrating when you go to check
continuity and there is nothing between each leg. Or you get a call to check a burning smell from the C.U and once again a broken ring...
Any one know a company (West Midlands area) that services hydraulics crimping tools. Mines starting sticking and not releasing enough to get the cable back out.
I have taken it apart and cleaned it and it all looks super smooth but still sticks intermittently even with the dies empty. Would...
after finding various lead sheathed cable in properties left by previous installers after rewires, the subject always comes up at coffee breaks ...... what size drums was lead sheathed cable supplied on ? due to the weight, we think maybe 30 yards.
Has anyone weighed in , within the last week or so ?
I know the price has taken a severe battering as of late , but was wondering what it was like around the country ?
It always surprises me how the price can differ so widely between yards !
Just wondering what everyone does with their scrap? I've got loads of rubble sacks full of all sizes ranging from 1mm to 25mm. I couldn't be arsed stripping the small stuff but might separate the bigger stuff (old tails, bigger armour) as I might get round to strip it? Is it worth it?
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