[s-cars] Tin whiskers

[Mark Strangways]

We have people going into new homes and cutting the plumbing out, and 
selling it to the scrappers.
Even heard of a midnight copper removal from a church roof and downspouts.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net>
To: "s-car-list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tin whiskers


> Mark Strangways wrote:
>> I don't think they use solder in joints anymore. Pretty old school.
>> Thinks it urethane for everything these days.
>>
>> As for copper, have use seen the price of copper these days. I buy 1/2"
>> pex at 25 cents a foot.
>> Wish I could buy copper for that.
>
> I saw/read something/somewhere (I want to be specific here :) that on the 
> west
> coast, people are stripping the wiring out of abandoned buildings, new 
> building
> still under construction, even dying trying to steal it out of high 
> tension
> power stations, to sell the copper to metal salvage/recyclers, who turn 
> around
> and ship it to Asia to help their copper shortage due to their building 
> boom to
> satisfy their upwardly mobile people.
>
> <googles>
> Copper shortage:
> http://www.metalworld.co.in/enews1007.htm
>
> Export:
> http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2752976/China-fuels-US-copper-scrap.html
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '99 A4 Avant, w/ quattro, V6, Tiptronic. "Yeah, Baby!"
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '91 200 TQA #1, undecided
> '91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke
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