I was looking at the website of a scrap metal merchant, and it had a page imploring home renovators to bring in their metal and make a few quid. One of their claims was that water heaters have
15 to 30 kg of copper in the tank, making it worthwhile to rip out the tank and put in the boot of the car. Well I had a look at 3 heaters: in our house, the granny flat and my shop. All are storage systems, but none has a copper tank. So is copper that common?- posted
13 years ago