I have 193 troy ounces of silver electrical contacts to recycle. Can you refine this? – Thanks from Don in Salt Lake City, Utah
Hi Don,
Silver has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. That is why it is used in a variety of industries and applications. Silver electrical contacts are commonly used in circuit breakers, relays, switches and electrical discharge machining (EDM) applications.
We do refine silver electrical contacts. This material typically comes to us in gallon size buckets or drums and we pay about $10-$15 per pound depending on the quality and amount of silver they contain. The silver is refined and put back into industries that need it.
Based on a conversion rate of 1 pound to 14.5833 troy ounces, we estimate that you have about 13 pounds of silver electrical contacts. As such, we could return about $132 – $198 for your silver material.
Thanks for your question and thanks for recycling!
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I have about 30 lbs. of cleaned electrical contacts.
What would be your buying price per troy oz?
Thanks
Hi Benny,
We usually buy silver electrical contacts by the pound and would offer between $10-$15 per pound depending on the quality and silver content. For 30 pounds of this material we could offer between $300-$450. Check out this other blog post about refining electrical contacts from busbars here: http://www.precious-metal-refining.info/quote-for-electrical-contacts-from-busbars/
if i have the electrical contacts and i melt it down and get the silver out of it what will it be worth,,,it says its 30percent silver
i got over 2000 grams of electric contacts how much money would i get
why is the silver worth so little in contacts? a pound is only 300$???
can you explain that to me?
Hi @Constance Kendall —
Keep in mind that at the time we give estimates based on the CURRENT/DAILY silver price. This blog post was made in 2010 when silver prices were between $22-$24 USD per troy ounce.
Also keep in mind that the silver in silver contacts are NOT sterling silver. They are alloyed with other non-precious metals. For a more recent estimate with the latest price of silver please contact us http://www.precious-metal-refining.info/request-estimate/.
is your per pound price for the contacts for the complete contact bar or just the silver contact itself after removing it from the contact bar?
I have some old Allen Bradly and Square D size 3,4,& 5 contacts. I think they are about 80% silver. what are they worth if the silver contact is removed from the contact bar?
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