10-12 gauge connectors

[glorycloud]

I have been keeping 10-12 gauge connectors from UPS power supplies that I have scrapped
because the connectors look like silver plated to me. Any thoughts here from anyone on whether
I should continue to harvest them or to just put them in with the rest of the insulated wire?

 

[Claudie]

In the picture they look like Gold!
I have had several of these that I just put in the scrap wire pile. They are Silver plated though, and I assume it is fairly thick plating as they are made to be connected & unconnected in a lot. There is quite a bit of Copper there, so they may be worth cleaning the plastic from to get more money.

 

[glorycloud]

I smash the plastic to break it away from the silvery connector ends and then I cut
the connectors off the heavy gauge wire. So I have a small pile of them that I have been
saving. Just checking to see if they may be silver coated. Anybody processing them?

 

[silversaddle1]

Glory, If you look in the connecting end of the connector, you will notice a piece of steel spring holding in the connector. Just take a flat screwdriver and depress the spring and out comes the money! Slick and easy and faster than smashing the whole unit. Yes, I save them as well. Someday silver is going to be worth it!

 

[glorycloud]

Aw gee - and I was getting good at smashing them. :lol: :lol: :lol:

OK. I will save them. Any idea what their approximate silver content might be?

Thanks!

 

[Findm-Keepm]

Aw gee - and I was getting good at smashing them. :lol: :lol: :lol:

OK. I will save them. Any idea what their approximate silver content might be?

Thanks!

Anderson power products pioneered those connectors - looking around their websites and datasheets shows only that the connectors are silver plated (silver over tin over copper). Could be that there is more money in the copper than in the silver plate....

Cheers,
Brian