Short answer: Welding cable and heavy flexible industrial cable are very good scrap, because they contain many fine copper strands with a thick but easily removed rubber or flexible insulation, so the copper share is high and the cable is often accepted at a good insulated rate or as a high-yield grade, which makes it one of the more rewarding cables to collect.
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The conductors are made of many fine copper strands, giving a high copper share.
Flexible insulation
The rubber jacket is thick but usually comes off more easily than rigid plastic.
Worth keeping
Workshops and industrial sites that produce it are good sources.
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