Some of my ewaste finds (Pics included) - Page 14

First computer of 2017



I've decided that there's going to be a few changes this year. I don't deal with the volume that many of you do but tearing apart 400 pounds of hard drives is not something I'm going to do anymore. I will remove the circuit boards but the rest of it will get folded in half or destroyed by other means. Copper/Aluminum heat sinks will be sold as is. I spent a lot of time knocking the bases off of about 200 pounds of these and to me it's just not worth it. I'll still remove the boards from CD/DVD drives just because they're so easy to get to even though they are getting smaller. I'm also looking at other options to scrapping printers, flat screen monitors and other electronics. Got to get this stuff out a lot faster and quit piddling around with things that are time consuming.

Originally Posted by jimicrk

First computer of 2017

I've decided that there's going to be a few changes this year. I don't deal with the volume that many of you do but tearing apart 400 pounds of hard drives is not something I'm going to do anymore. I will remove the circuit boards but the rest of it will get folded in half or destroyed by other means. Copper/Aluminum heat sinks will be sold as is. I spent a lot of time knocking the bases off of about 200 pounds of these and to me it's just not worth it. I'll still remove the boards from CD/DVD drives just because they're so easy to get to even though they are getting smaller. I'm also looking at other options to scrapping printers, flat screen monitors and other electronics. Got to get this stuff out a lot faster and quit piddling around with things that are time consuming.

Jimi,

See my post in the clubhouse. Might be able to work that angle and make / save even more.

I was finishing up on some servers and computers this morning and had these 2 items left.

JVC SR-L911US VCR and a Dell PowerVault 124T

The VCR looks to be in good shape so I'll probably hang on to it for now. I'm not sure about the Dell PowerVault 124T.

Since I think no companies manufacture VCRs any longer there may be a sweet spot in selling it. What I mean to say is if someone still watched Video tapes and their VCR breaks they may be in the market for one and pay a good price to have one.The other angle is that many people may still have family movies on VHS that they would want to watch and may need a VCR to watch them.
A while back when music CDs became the medium of music and no one manufactured turntables any longer I could not get my hands on enough turntables - they were selling as soon as I got them. Just a thought - not sure if it would work out. I have a stash of new and good used VCRs that I am getting ready to release as soon as I think " the sweet spot " where there is demand but little supply becomes a reality. I still have alot of VCR tapes and still have a VCR connected to my TV however I have not watched a tape in ages.

Originally Posted by jimicrk

OMG I love the hard drive magnet tool holders .... im totally stealing that from you. Good job , great idea .

Originally Posted by Faceball

OMG I love the hard drive magnet tool holders .... im totally stealing that from you. Good job , great idea .

Thanks. Nothing fancy but it works. I need to move those closer together and add some more.

I've been wanting to get my hands on some of those. Heard they are pretty good as far as standard electronic equipment goes. Living about 20 minutes away from Atlanta, I should be able to eventually grab some somewhere. I also go dumpster diving (just looking at what is on the side of the road near houses and major businesses) to see if anyone is throwing anything out. I have scored several laptops/desktops and stuff like that since I have started.

Originally Posted by miked

I couldn't tell what size the hard drive is, can you remember. Also thanks for sharing with photos. Mike

Hi Mike
It was a 500 gig hard drive.

Nortel Business Communications Manager telephone system

I rescued this BCM400 from the dumpster the other day. The 4 cards on the right side had already been removed but the upper and lower trays on the left side were still there.




The top tray has the hard drives and the board they connect to.




The bottom tray has all of the good cards. Large socket mother board with a green fiber processor, a riser board, a big gold finger board, 1 stick of memory and a few small lower grade boards.




A little bit of wiring and 2 more boards.




2 power supplies.
I've been saving my power supply boards because the price I get is not to bad. These 2 have gold plated fingers and I will remove and keep them. This is one of the few times I actually remove gold fingers.




Well that's about it. I've scrapped many of these and they've all been the same. You can always count on getting a large socket mother board as long as it still has the lower tray.

Wish I could get 25 cents a pound for transformers locally. Do the check to make sure they are all copper?

Originally Posted by mthomasdev

Wish I could get 25 cents a pound for transformers locally. Do the check to make sure they are all copper?

Back when shred was 200 a ton I was getting .30 a pound for transformers and electric motors. They check a few of them but not all. I've only seen 2 that were aluminum and they came out of a microwave.