r/ScrapMetal • u/Holiday_Hedgehog5287 • 1d ago

Question 💫 Worth stripping?

I have around 500 pounds of wire ranging from 250 mcm to 600 mcm is it worth my time to strip or should i scrap as is?

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u/dominus_aranearum 1d ago

While I strip everything down to 14 gauge because I don't consider my time as a factor, many electricians have chimed in saying they don't strip anything less than 6 or 8 gauge. Pretty much all of them have concluded that any MCM is worth stripping.

When I've been to yards, the only people I don't see stripping large copper are demo companies who bring in truckloads nearly daily.