which of these are gold connectors? - Page 2

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If their still good, you might try selling them on Ebay a lot at a time. Probably get more for them then scrap.

That's a good idea, I have CAT5 tester somewhere. I'd say half of them were cut into pieces when they got pulled out of racks, but the others should be fine.

What about USB cable ends, are those pins gold?

Well then. I have a box with about 50 pounds of ribbon wire, reckon i need to get to cutting, which means i need another bucket.

AWESOME thread. Thank you for the question, and the very helpful answers.

Just wondering what kind of price per pound these ends would bring? Want to determine if worth time or not to save. Thanks

In beginning of post is states all have gold besides 2 of them, keyboard ends and one other. So all together. I'm.guessing you.van.just throw them all in one big buckets?

is there anything special about the orangish ribbon cable thing in #10?

Originally Posted by Splice

What about USB cable ends, are those pins gold?

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Originally Posted by AJsScrap

Are the end of cell phone chargers gold connectors?

Yes


I learned from reading this thread that the connectors on the orange cables in the following picture are gold connectors. What is the rest of the wire made of? I imagine it is just plain ol "computer wire" $.70/lb ish, but it looks like it should be worth more.

This looks like it came from the slim Dell P4's, laptops, or printers. The 'wire" is Mylar with Cu printed on it. nothing special.

Cut the connectors off and sell the rest.

Eric

Depends on whether the contacts on the mylar are silver or gold colored. Ive sold 1 ounce of gold mylar for $50.

Originally Posted by Splice

I have several hundred CAT 5 jumpers, I need to get to cutting.

I've been pulling the pins out of the ends of CAT5 connectors for awhile now. They're fairly easy to get out, I just use a flat tip screwdriver or even my fingernails and the pins readily pop out. The shape of the pins can be seen in the following pics.











CAT 5 connectors have 8 pins each. I counted 900 connectors which gave me a little over 2 oz of gold plated pins. It'll take alot of these to make any kind of weight but you can sit watching your favorite TV show while pulling the pins out. Hope this helps.

Ive been doing those as well.my gf has done some of the ribbon connectors from computers..they dont seem to be as profitable, but what the hell, gets her to do something productive...lol

Number ( # ) 10, The Ribbon not the ends of the Cable, what is that material made of? Copper Etc.?