- "Hostess, what will you do with the old mixer?"- I asked a young client. After replacing a used one with a new one.
- "I'll throw it away, but what do you want?" - She asked me with laziness in her voice.
- "Of course, I collect in nonferrous metal. As one of the politicians said-"The hen pecks by the grain". So I am typing. "- I answered her.
-"Take it, of course, I don't need it"- She made me happy.
And here I have it, an old mixer from the bathroom.
Recently I asked myself a question and found out how much an old water meter costs on average. The article is available on the channel, the link is at the end of the article. The same question interested me in relation to the old mixer. So let's start:
Disassembling the mixer
In order to extract valuable metals, you need to divide it into its component parts. We separate the body from the divertor and the spout. Photo in the gallery, leaf through.
As we can see, the malfunction of the faucet consisted in the leakage of the spout through the swivel nut and the neglected state of the hygiene device.
We disassemble the spout
We remove the union nut from it. This is required to separate different metals into different heaps. The nuts are bronze and the spout is stainless steel.
We disassemble divertor
Unfortunately, the divertor is often made of zinc alloy. The so-called silumin. And this time the situation is the same, deplorable. If someone is not in the know, then zinc is several times cheaper than bronze. It also corrodes faster. This is clearly visible on the collapsing threads. Disassembly process in the gallery.
We disassemble the mixer body
Armed with a small hexagon, unscrew the countersunk screw and remove the "mixer" handle from the plastic cartridge. We unscrew the plastic cover, it unscrewed from me together with the clamping nut. We take out the cartridge and after slightly drilling the platform in the case, we see a yellow reflection. Hallelujah he's made of bronze. We also remove the union nuts. Clamping nut stainless steel. The handle is zinc.
We weigh
By separating the cutlets from the flies, we have the opportunity to weigh each type of alloy.
My prices in metal reception are as follows:
So as not to overload you with calculations, I did not lay out the whole formula. As a result, it turned out like this:
- Zinc alloy (silumin) 323 g. 9 rubles 69 kopecks.
- Stainless alloy 89 gr. 3 ruble 11 kopecks.
- Brass nuts and body 802 gr. 120 rubles 30 kopecks.
As a result, it turned out that the old mixer is on my metal reception: 133 rubles 10 kopecks. In 2020, they can buy two liters of milk and a loaf of bread. or fill the car with 2.5 liters of gasoline. Norm? Or not the norm?
Disassembled water meter here. Don't forget to like the counting. Thank you!