I have.... quite a few of these, and already broke down about half of them. But it took a while and was becoming tedious so I decided to do a break down and calculate out if its worth it to continue to do these with what I feel is an "average" power supply.
So here are some combinations/options and what they yeild, per power supply.
- Total weight before disassembling: 2lb1.7oz
- wires (snipped off without disassembly): 0lb4.8oz
- misc steel/shred: 0lb14.5oz
- wires from inside, snipped after disasembly: 0lb0.7oz
- lowgrade board after removing stuff: 0lb5.9oz
- alum heatsink: 0lb2.6oz
- transformers: 0lb4.6oz
Options:
- Sell complete w/wire (would need to be online as do not have a local ps buyer)
- Whole psu: $0.24/lb == $0.5055 (less shipping cost)
- Snip wire, Sell as wire local + ps w/o wire online
- PSU, snipped wires == $0.18/lb * 1.80625lb == $0.325
- Wires == $0.40/lb * 0.3lb == $0.12
- Total: $0.445
- Snip wire, sell whole rest of PSU local as shred to avoid shipping and disassembly
- Wires == $0.40/lb * 0.3lb == $0.12
- PSU, snipped wires == $0.04/lb * 1.80625lb == $0.07225
- Total: $0.19225
- Fully disassemble, sell all local at local prices
- Wires == $0.40/lb * (0.3lb + 0.04375lb) == $0.15
- misc steel == $0.04 * 0.90625lb = $0.03625
- low-grade board == $0.05 * 1.36875lb == $0.0684375
- alum heatsink == $0.21 * 0.1625lb == $0.032125
- transformer == $0.08 * 0.2875lb == $0.023
- Total: $0.3098125 == $0.31
So, in summary,
I could get $0.51/unit mailing them off and not disassembling/touching them at all, but have to subtract out shipping.
I could snip the cords, and sell the PSU online to someone here, for $0.45/unit, but again, still have to pay shipping for those.
I could snip the wires, and throw the PSU as is in the shred pile, avoiding all shipping, for $0.19/unit
I could do what I have been doing, fully taking apart and selling all bits locally to yards, for $0.31/unit, avoiding all shipping, but takes forever.
Not really sure that makes it any clearer what the best option is.... but.... that the info I have now.
Edit: img link
https://imgur.com/a/MwBa5p5
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