Circuit board questions

[beardo]

ok, so I'm going to give you the two answers I hate, lol. It depends on your buyer and what's your time worth to you.



Basically What you can remove without devaluing can differ from buyer to buyer. By depoulating a board you may lower its value but increase profit by selling components. However you must ensure you are not doing 10$ worth of work for 5$ worth of pay. Everyone has their own threshold for what their time is worth.

I live in South Dakota and when I don't have anything going on in the winter and its negative 20 I break down a lot of boards. Much more than other guys, cause its worth it to me to stay busy.

[ryanw]

I would venture to say that removing any capacitors from a board will not devalue it in regards to what you get per pound. In lower value boards, this could lower the total weight of the board, thus reducing the total amount you get. There are some boards where heavy capacitors bring down the value per pound, thus removing them would increase the value per pound of the board. This also lowers the total weight you are paid for (but also decreases the cost of shipping). So, you would have determine for yourself on a case by case basis. Generally speaking, the smaller capacitors are inconsequential, and high value boards with large capacitors attached are few and far between.

[Immulmen]

The only things I take off boards are chips in sockets, transformers, and coils, from higher grade boards and fingers from low grade boards. I had some boards from Wise 60 monitors that where high grade on one half and low grade on the other. I broke them in half and sold the low locally then shipped the other half to a buyer on this forum.
Chris