Originally Posted by
HipoGear
The County I live in has some electronic drop off sites. One of my managers at work is married to one of the County maintenance guys. While I was talking to him one day, he told me to go take whatever I want. Said they have to pay to get rid of it, and other people do it too. So I have only been by there twice since we had that talk about a month ago. I went by today and it was filled with small appliance type stuff. I didn't really see any PCs to grab, but i did see an Executone phone system sitting there.
Any suggestions on what I should remove, if anything, from those telecom boards would be a big help. I'm not sure what those copper capped things amid all the small transformers are. I think I read though that some of you pull of some of the transformers and capacitors to get an upgrade on price.
I haven't been scrapping much latley. Was feeling kind of bored with it recently. I have to say though that today turned that around for me.
You've got a good opportunity at the drop off site. It might help if you were more attentive to it. Maybe check it every day or two if it's not too far out of your way ? Maybe expand your repertoire a little bit ? The computers are a dying thing, but there are other items in the pile that are just as worthwhile if you know what to look for. A lot of it is trial and error to see what works best for you. Some phones are good and others aren't worth bothering with unless you have a local buyer of brown boards.
Last time i experimented with upgrading the board ... it seemed to confuse the sorter and ended up as a downgrade. That didn't go well. Maybe it's just as well not to mess with em'. A complete electronics board by itself doesn't seem to pose much of a job hazard. You can rile up some toxic nasties as you're plucking things off the board though. Can't imagine that the little bit of gain could ever be worth the potential health risk on that one.
It seems like we're slowly coming out of the winter doldrums. This time of year there isn't much on the pile. People are downright stingy about throwing anything away in the winter. LOL ... just wait till the warm sunny days of spring and the mood shifts. They're more apt to pitch that old computer that's been sitting in the closet for the last ten years once they get into the spring cleaning mode.
Nice score on the server ! Once in a while you get a nice surprise when you open up the case.
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