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    My disassembly thread

    Instead of posting a bunch of different threads figure I'd start just one to cover all disassemblies for scrap. Will post photos and weights of everything so you can estimate what it would mean locally for you. When I have time will strip the wire and give that weight also or instead for things with wires. Below are the first four, one of which I forgot the end photo of and one I forgot before and after photos for....expect a fair amount of that. Also forgot to shoot these first boards separately. For boards generally won't be depopulating them for this thread but for removing some steel and heat sinks. For new folks remember that scrap is usually the least value and parting things out, selling broken, or repairing will get you a better return. Buen provecho!

    Samsung DVD player


    Tin/Shred: 1.5lbs
    Boards: 5oz (Low grade & maybe mid-grade or DVD for the DVD boards)
    Copper bearing motors: 2.2oz
    Insulated wire: 3.3oz


    Pioneer DVD player



    Shred/Tin: 2lbs 5oz
    Boards: 6oz (Low grade, one maybe DVD)
    Motors: 2.2oz
    Insulated wire: 4oz
    Extruded aluminum: .2oz

    19" HP LCD Monitor (no pics, sorry!)

    Tin/Shred: 5lbs 11oz
    Cast Aluminum: 1lb 14oz
    Boards: 15oz (including a nice long, board with plenty gold)
    Wire: 1.5oz (this one didn't have a power cord)
    Dirty aluminum: 10oz

    Panasonic cordless phone & deck


    Boards: 5.5oz
    Wire: 1oz
    Tin/shred: 10oz

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    Yeesh. Didn't even notice all the pics were upside down yesterday.

    Emerson Microwave



    Tin/Shred: 19lbs 15oz
    Sheet aluminum: 3oz
    Boards: 8oz
    No. 1 Copper: .3oz
    Insulated Wire: 7oz
    Copper bearing motors: 5oz
    The magnatron thingy: 8lbs 13oz (doing this separate as with sufficient quantity I'll get a better price due to the copper-colored aluminum)
    Aluminum capacitor: 5oz (In small quantities the yards by me call these shred. In large quantities I get a better price due to the aluminum casings)



    Funaji 22" CRT Television



    Whentaking apart you don't have to break the vacuum tube to take the yoke off. The vacuum tube has the least amount of lead in a CRT but still prefer to not break them. Takes just a minute longer to disassemble without breaking. Thankfully my local trash company will pick them up curbside.



    Insulated wire (including degassing cable): 7oz
    Copper from yoke: 10oz (had one the same size I weighed, this weight doesn't include the plastic in the pic below)
    Boards: 1lbs 7oz
    Tin/Shred: 4oz
    Aluminum: 2oz


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    8# magnetron?
    That was probably a transformer.
    Sounds like you need to spend some time in the archives.
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    Transformer




    Magnetron




    Transformers Megatron

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    Lol! And yes to spending more time in the old posts. I need that very much. I browse daily but it's never enough. Dunno why I called a transformer the magnetron when I take transformers off boards every day (smacks forehead). Thanks!

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    Scratch the copper wires in that transformer... some of the older ones actually ARE copper, but most curbco microwave finds are aluminum wound transformers.

    If you do get a copper one, there's a youtube vid about how to disassemble the transformer by using a hatchet head and a sledgehammer. Works like a charm.

    Found it... This guy is a riot!! Transformer part starts at about 3:15



    Original thread: https://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scra...nsformers.html
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    transformers....MEGATRON - Bad Guy.


    An your new aren't you? I ain't seen a break down like this in a good bit. It's cool tho, we all went through that phase.

    Tho if you can scrap it/him...go for it.



    Unlock a computer tower...pretty sure it's a good bet he's got more then an ounce of gold in him.


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    And of course... those transformers that look like they have two big, juicy chunks of copper in them, but in reality they are just copper-coated aluminum windings... well what else would you call those but...


    wait for it...




    ...




    DECEPTICONS!!!!!!!!

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    Include the weight of the trash, glass and plastic when you do these breakdowns. Some things may pay better scrapping as is due to the "trash" weight!

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    At first I broke everything down , that's how you learn , thanks for the posts

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