I'm sure it took very little time to remove those components. You did gain a little #2 copper worth more than the board. The ferrite off the transformer and the inductors/chokes is good for #2 prepared iron. The question is how much did the removed components weigh? Not so long ago I weighed some RAMBUS. Then I removed the aluminum heat sinks and re-weighed everything. Then compared the price of RAMBUS to Gold memory adding in the aluminum at the going rate. Conclusion, it was an excercise in futility. Should've left the heat sinks on and sold for $5.25 (or whatever the going price was). Gained absolutely nothing converting that RAMBUS to gold memory. After some further thought, I came to the greater conclusion that recyclers/scrap yards have almost everything priced right so that there is no gain in breaking items down beyond a certain point. Why? Because it makes it easier for all of us to bring them material off of which they profit. More material brought in means more profit at the end of the month. I will now yield the soap box.
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