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  1. 09-04-2012, 09:16 AM #1
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    removing things from boards

    I know to remove heat sinks, steel covers but how about inductors? Got some small ones on boards but not sure if I should remove. Is there anything else to removed from boards? Like pic below
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  3. 09-04-2012, 10:02 AM #2
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    i dont waste my time and to me its something buyer pays in the price of the board but can be wrong

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    agree w/chrisc, want the buyer to get something for their money. but I do take transformers off boards, and always bust the flyback transformer off a tv board.
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    Flyback transformer, ic chips, transformers, larger inductors, heat sinks. Brown boards only.
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    how about removing them from med to high grade boards?

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    Quote Originally Posted by copycat View Post
    how about removing them from med to high grade boards?

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    Absolutely not, then your downgrading them,
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  10. 09-04-2012, 03:15 PM #7
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    I only get "circuit board" price (.16 lb.). So, yes, I do cut them off. Any thing worth money on the board, I cut off!
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    At my yard the flyback transformers pay the same as the low grade board itself. I leave them on, since they are a major pain in the posterior to take off. The copper ratio is low on these things (by weight) anyway. I take off all copper and aluminum. Sometimes I take the steel off, since it actually pays more than the low grade boards. All depends on how tough it is to get off, or what mood I'm in.

    Eventually I plan on getting the IC chips off as well. I'm just not set up for it yet.

    Dang, 16 cents a lb sounds pretty darned good. I only get 8 cents.
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    Yesterday I sold all my low grade boards (307lbs) for .15#. Today I talked to a man that will pay me .25-.30# That's how my luck goes, live and learn.
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