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Finding copper in common items?

khourygeo77 - 3-5-2017 at 03:40

Hello, so I was trying to find copper in common items found in markets or hardware stores or even at home. I dont have any malfunctioning electronics at home, so i was thinking maybe i could buy something cheap that has lots of copper in it?

Corrosive Joeseph - 3-5-2017 at 04:01

A roll of wire.................? Copper sulfate...............?


/CJ

khourygeo77 - 3-5-2017 at 06:28

Quote: Originally posted by Corrosive Joeseph  
A roll of wire.................? Copper sulfate...............?


/CJ


tried searching for a roll of wire in many places. It didnt work

I'm not sure where to find copper sulfate. I cant get my hands on chemical stores.

gdflp - 3-5-2017 at 06:33

Where do you live? That might help us narrow down good sources.

DraconicAcid - 3-5-2017 at 06:45

You found a hardware store that doesn't carry copper wire or copper piping?

Morgan - 3-5-2017 at 07:31

Would have been funny if he had said Cyprus.

ninhydric1 - 3-5-2017 at 11:30

According to Wikipedia, the 100 pound coin Lebanon uses is an alloy of copper and zinc. It won't be pure because of the zinc but if you can't find anything else you could use these.

alking - 3-5-2017 at 12:50

I feel like it would be more difficult to find a hardware store without copper wire than to find one with it.

khourygeo77 - 3-5-2017 at 22:39

Quote: Originally posted by alking  
I feel like it would be more difficult to find a hardware store without copper wire than to find one with it.


Actually the hardware store was like wtf I am talking about. When you're living in a 3rd world country, things are different

phlogiston - 4-5-2017 at 01:55

Wow, a hardware store employee that has never even heard of copper wire must be even more rare .

It puzzles me how you are able to connect to the internet in a country in which wire is so rare.

Booze - 6-5-2017 at 09:48

Quote: Originally posted by phlogiston  
Wow, a hardware store employee that has never even heard of copper wire must be even more rare .

It puzzles me how you are able to connect to the internet in a country in which wire is so rare.

I am a hardware store employee, and I would be baffled if one of us hasn't heard of copper wire.

If you can't find copper wire for some reason, get it from coins. If you can't do either of those incredibly simple tasks, then look around for greenish rocks and stick them in an insulated campfire.

khourygeo77 - 10-5-2017 at 06:53

Quote: Originally posted by Booze  
Quote: Originally posted by phlogiston  
Wow, a hardware store employee that has never even heard of copper wire must be even more rare .

It puzzles me how you are able to connect to the internet in a country in which wire is so rare.

I am a hardware store employee, and I would be baffled if one of us hasn't heard of copper wire.

If you can't find copper wire for some reason, get it from coins. If you can't do either of those incredibly simple tasks, then look around for greenish rocks and stick them in an insulated campfire.


I forgot to mention I found it. I asked a few who work in electricity, and they directed me to special places, like the ones who make engines or fix them. I found a ton of them for free

AJKOER - 10-5-2017 at 17:14

Old US pennies per Wikipedia:

"1962–1981 brass (95% copper, 5% zinc)"

Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)

j_sum1 - 10-5-2017 at 17:41

Pull apart the motor from an old washing machine.

Or maybe the term, "copper wire" is confusing the people at the hardware store. Try "electrical cable". Or "extension cord".
"Metal pipe -- you know the brown stuff that plumbers use" should also give a positive result.
Quote: Originally posted by Morgan  
Would have been funny if he had said Cyprus.
Hilarious!