On Jul 8, 11:05*am, GFretwell wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:21:21 -0500, Matt





wrote:
On 07/07/2011 10:26 AM, wrote:
Home Guy writes:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/07/...am-targeting-a....

How many AC units are using copper instead of aluminum these days?

And now people are putting cages around them?

Read the article, the thieves get $25.

Must take 2 or 3 guys to carry and at least an hour
per unit.

Doesn't make much sense.

They must be selling them as used A/C compressors, not as scrap,
regardless of what the article says.

They sell the copper at 75 cents a pound and a couple guys can steal a
condenser in about 2 minutes. They just cut the lines and roll it away
on a hand truck.
It takes more like 4-5 minutes to strip the copper using battery
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I don't see how you could strip the copper from an AC
unit in 4-5 minutes. The copper tubing is burined inside
the condensor coils which are covered with aluminum
fins and inside the whole thing. Not exactly accessible.
Whick is why they take the whole thing. But even so,
how much copper do you wind up with? Even if it's
25lbs, that's a whopping $20