Sell compressors from fridges, freezers, air conditioners and industrial equipment. We check them, weigh them in front of you and pay you before you leave.
Each grade goes on the scale separately, so you see every reading.
Paid as soon as grading and weighing are done.
Mon–Fri 7:30am–5:00pm, Sat 7:30am–2:00pm. No booking required.
SA business, ABN 53 643 157 019, fixed yard at Green Fields.
A sealed compressor, the black or grey cylinder from a fridge or air conditioner, is a mix of steel casing and copper motor windings. It is too mixed to be sold as copper or as steel, so it has its own compressor grade, priced by weight.
We check that units are drained and not leaking, weigh them on certified scales and pay you the same visit. Refrigeration and air conditioning technicians, appliance repairers and clean-out crews bring us compressors every week.
Standalone compressors are graded here. Whole air conditioners have their own page.
Small sealed compressors from domestic fridges and freezers.
Rotary and scroll compressors from split and ducted systems.
Compressors from cool rooms, display fridges and commercial units.
Larger sealed and semi-hermetic compressors. Call first for very large units.
Complete indoor and outdoor units are bought as air conditioners.
Open motors without a sealed casing are graded as electric motors.
Compressors are opened so the copper windings and the steel casing can be recycled separately.
Refrigerant must be recovered by a licensed technician before a system is dismantled, as Australian law requires.
Draining compressor oil before recycling keeps it out of soil and stormwater.
Most compressors come straight from a technician. A couple of checks make grading quicker.
Only licensed technicians can recover refrigerant. Make sure it has been done before a system is dismantled.
Drain oil where it is practical. Units that are not leaking are graded faster.
Excess copper pipe can be sold as copper. Steel brackets and bases lower the grade.
Copper-aluminium coils are graded separately from compressors and pay better on their own.
Separate it from steel, rubbish and other metals where it is safe to do so.
Optional. Ring 08 7225 9998 with the type and rough weight.
Bring it to 12 Belfree Dr, Green Fields during opening hours. No booking needed.
We grade it with you and weigh it on certified scales in front of you.
Show photo ID, then take payment before you leave.
Our yard is at 12 Belfree Dr, Green Fields, next to Parafield Gardens and Mawson Lakes and a few minutes from Salisbury, just off Salisbury Highway and Port Wakefield Road. Refrigeration and air conditioning technicians working across the northern suburbs bring compressors in after replacements.
Customers also come from right across Adelaide and regional South Australia.
Very good staff and very good pricing. Definitely recommend.
Very well priced and very good customer service like always.
Great price, friendly staff.
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Friendly staff, easy access, great pieces.
Great staff and very welcoming, and best prices in the market.
Perfect for plumbers. Quick, great rates, no messing around.
A fridge compressor is the black steel dome at the back of the fridge or freezer, under the cabinet. It is bought as its own grade because the copper motor windings sit inside a welded steel shell, so the fridge compressor scrap price is set per kilo for the whole unit, not at the copper rate. The current compressor rate is on our compressor scrap price page.
Old fridges themselves are a different item; see old fridges and washing machines. Air conditioner compressors are bought the same way as fridge compressors.
Bring them to SA Copper Scraps at 12 Belfree Dr, Green Fields SA 5107. We grade and weigh them in front of you and pay the same visit.
Compressors are priced by weight as their own grade, because of the copper windings and steel inside. Larger compressors weigh more and pay more. See our compressor price guide for this week's indicative range.
Drain compressor oil where it is practical and safe to do so, and make sure units are not leaking. Oily or leaking units may be graded lower.
Yes. Refrigerant has to be recovered by a licensed refrigeration technician before a system is dismantled. Compressors removed by a technician have already had this done.
Either. Whole units are bought as air conditioners. If you separate the compressor, copper coils and aluminium, each part is graded on its own, which usually pays better.
Yes. Bring current photo ID. We record seller details for every sale.
The same visit, once your compressors have been graded and weighed.
Call the yard on 08 7225 9998. Monday to Friday 7:30am to 5:00pm, Saturday 7:30am to 2:00pm.
12 Belfree Dr, Green Fields SA 5107
Drained and not leaking, with photo ID. We will weigh them in front of you and pay you before you leave.
12 Belfree Dr, Green Fields SA 5107 · Mon–Fri 7:30am–5:00pm · Sat 7:30am–2:00pm
SA Copper Scraps is a scrap metal buyer and recycler at Green Fields in Adelaide’s north. Bring copper, brass, aluminium, cable, batteries and more to our yard. Every grade is weighed in front of you and paid the same visit.
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