T.V Breaking Down - Page 2

Well theres a prob then if you cant clear $5 on crts, your probably better off working on other stuff then. I know what i get out of them, the yard reciept says that right on it.

Originally Posted by DevinThaScrapper

Will your yard give you shred for a tv you bring in?

The local scrapyards/shredders wont take them (electronic waste), but the landfill will. Thats why people put them all on on the curb.

I do not take the transformers off the boards. My yard pays .32# for the transformers/motors but I get .35# for the boards so it's not worth taking those off. I take the large heat sinks and IC chips off.

for me on average tv's 10min monitors 15 say 4-5hr i can do monitors i love the most but still $3tv $5monitor so $12-15hr i make here in iowa local yard prices now if i travel a bit future it pays about 30% more but tv's and monitors i do in the off times. i usually swim in them i get so many in and with out a truck it makes for more hauling but it pays for the gas and my time to get other things not only done like printers vcrs and such but while i make trips for trash i pick up my gold in computers and such. anyway i am saying even if i did just tv's and monitors full time its still good money here cause of cheap living anything else is just fantastic and currently i am working on upgrading by buying a truck when i can and start doing large appliances since there is an abundance here for the picking.

Hi Brasscatcher, would you be willing to post a video of you dismantling a television so we can see what you save and what you throw away?

Thanks Gravitar, That was some good useful information!!!!

I get about $8 to $15 for a tv depending on size. My yard pays 10 cents a pound for tvs and monitors.

I take all the copper out before i take them in. But today the state came in and wanted to know who i was because ive taken so many in. Now i have to have a name, number, and signature for every tv or monitor i take in or they wont buy them from me. But hey thats CA for you.

Originally Posted by unitsngold

I get about $8 to $15 for a tv depending on size. My yard pays 10 cents a pound for tvs and monitors.

Where do you live? lol

I usually get 5-10 if I break it down completely.

Low grade board remove all transformers, AL. Fins, wire, S.S. clamps and screw that hold down the yoke (note: be sure to check some are ferrous), take a 4lb sledge and bust the yoke, I will eventually buy a wire stripper for the degaussing wire instead of killing my self with a straight edge, - gas and time it takes to send 10-20 tv/monitors to goodwill.

I normally wait that long to, this week alone I broke down 16, I got two more tomorrow.

Kinda lame because I need to go and turn them in, I need to organize my garage better to accommodate all the printers in there. Anybody else hate printers?

How do any of you get the IC chips off fast and effectively?