First score.

**Gravitar** · 01-01-2013, 01:15 PM

The one with the three yolks is a projection TV. I'm pretty sure there is some kind of mineral oil in the glass the yolk is attached to, so be careful. Sounds like you did pretty good for your first TV's.
You can read about it here: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...ng-liquid.html

**NWOdrudge** · 01-01-2013, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by Gravitar

The one with the three yolks is a projection TV. I'm pretty sure there is some kind of mineral oil in the glass the yolk is attached to, so be careful. Sounds like you did pretty good for your first TV's.
You can read about it here: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...ng-liquid.html

i took one of those apart 2 weeks ago. you can get the 3 yolks off without getting oil on your floor. the problem comes when loosening the spring bolts to retrieve the metal casing around the glass lights. i still haven't removed the other 2 yet, didn't know what fluid was in there so thx for the link.

**sapienza521** · 01-01-2013, 09:50 PM

Man I love how quickly there are replies on this forum.
Gravitar - You know everything I have read says the same exact thing, but it only takes one person to post some comment about lead/phosphorus/agent orange death gases, to get me worried.

jghilino- are those cut or is that exactly how they look? Are the ribbons valuable as well? I figured they werent and have just been tossing them in a pile.
Speaking of boards, is there any value to the batteries I strip off? The ones that vary from supper small to like larger than d-cell batteries? Ive got piles of these **** things and Im assuming I should just toss them.

NWOdrudge - Its funny you say that because once I realized I could get the yoke off without screwing with those bolts I just left them like that, didnt even consider the value of the metal. I think Im just going to open them over an oil drip pan I have and take it to autozone to dump it.

**jghilino** · 01-01-2013, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by sapienza521

jghilino- are those cut or is that exactly how they look? Are the ribbons valuable as well? I figured they werent and have just been tossing them in a pile.
Speaking of boards, is there any value to the batteries I strip off? The ones that vary from supper small to like larger than d-cell batteries? Ive got piles of these **** things and Im assuming I should just toss them.

Those are fresh pulls from monitors/tvs. The gold and silver ribbon cables are of value and should be saved. Same think on batteries, pull them and separate them by type, ni-cad, nimh, lithium ion, lead acid and so on, there are buyers in the buyers section that pay for those.

**Mechanic688** · 01-01-2013, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by jghilino

Those are fresh pulls from monitors/tvs. The gold and silver ribbon cables are of value and should be saved. Same think on batteries, pull them and separate them by type, ni-cad, nimh, lithium ion, lead acid and so on, there are buyers in the buyers section that pay for those.

what batteries?? there is no batteries in tv's, are you talking about can caps.??

**sapienza521** · 01-02-2013, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

what batteries?? there is no batteries in tv's, are you talking about can caps.??

maybe can caps is the proper term but I always assumed they were some sort of battery, Im talking about the ones on boards that Ive been ripping off, they vary but most say 12v dc, or 3v, theyre soldered on with two teeth to the board they range from like a 1/4" in diameter to like... 3" in the last tv I did. Im pretty sure theyre of no value since Ive never seen anyone mention them.