Tube tv quandary

Well my first question of what will most likely be many. I have access to what my be a near endless supply of tube tv's of various sizes and brands and wonder, is it really in my best interest to break these things down. So I ask, are there any brands in particular that would be better to "keep an eye out for" or is the content pretty much the same from tv to tv. Also, do older tv's have more content then newer? I just don't know if I want to start getting into tube tv's. Oh woe is me. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/advice.

Only think about it if you have a safe/environmentally friendly way to dispose of the tubes. Then if you have a choice then pick computer monitors instead of tv's, they seem to have better #1 - degaussing cables, #2- circuit boards, #3- extra alum shielding.

By better I mean copper instead of alum. in the degaussing cable. And on the circuit boards there may be the occasional gold component or gold pins that a TV board won't have. And the extra alum. sheet that shields around the back of the tube, adds up in a hurry.

The cheap TV's seem to have cheapened up the circuit boards (smaller) and the degaussing cable (lighter and sometimes alum.).

Years and years ago, I worked for Zenith Corp and from what I remember, the old style VHF and UHF tuners had gold contacts inside. These are the turn and click tuners, not the electronic style. Good Luck...

Isn't the shield stainless steel, not aluminum. I thought it threw a spark, maybe I'll check again.

Have ripping apart CRTs, if you know where to get rid of the tubes.

Yep, its stainless.

Goodwill in Denver will stop taking TV's this Sunday...they will still take Monitors though.

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So I ask, are there any brands in particular that would be better to "keep an eye out for" or is the content pretty much the same from tv to tv.

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RCA tv's are the worst to deal with if ya ask me.

As mentioned, only tackle TVs if you can dispose of them PROPERLY. Second, I will say this for the last time. Consider the weight of a tv. You are going to be handling it several times to get the salvaged parts. In the end you are only making roughly steel price on them; with much more handling and time consumption...

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Yep, its stainless.

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Sorry but mine are alum.

Unfortunately my transfer station (read "dump") has strange policies. They will take anything you toss off the truck, including ewaste of any type, paint, cans of gas, etc., with apparently no compunction as to what happens to the materials. it gets mixed in with the landfill stuff.

They also have residential drop-off of ewaste where the materials are properly recycled. What that means is, if I am a private individual (definitely NOT a business owner!) I can make an appointment to drop off tvs for free. As a business owner they won't take them from me to be recycled. However, I can drop them off in a PAID load, and they DON'T get recycled.

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Unfortunately my transfer station (read "dump") has strange policies. They will take anything you toss off the truck, including ewaste of any type, paint, cans of gas, etc., with apparently no compunction as to what happens to the materials. it gets mixed in with the landfill stuff.

They also have residential drop-off of ewaste where the materials are properly recycled. What that means is, if I am a private individual (definitely NOT a business owner!) I can make an appointment to drop off tvs for free. As a business owner they won't take them from me to be recycled. However, I can drop them off in a PAID load, and they DON'T get recycled.

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crazy

That's Nuckin Futs, Burly.

Yep, if I drive up in a car (only with an appointment of course) they will take my tvs for free. As soon as I show up in one of my trucks I gotta pay and can't get them into the recycle. And I am NOT taking my signage off my trucks!

I just took apart a 1990 GE TV and found something new, the yoke (copper windings at the back of the glass tube) was "bonded" to the tube. There was even a small sticker stating that fact. Usually, yokes twist off pretty easily, but this bonded one was a bear to get off. I finally had to take a hammer to the glass to get the copper off. I hope I don't run into too many more of these, it can really slow down the process.

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Years and years ago, I worked for Zenith Corp and from what I remember, the old style VHF and UHF tuners had gold contacts inside. These are the turn and click tuners, not the electronic style. Good Luck...

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This sort> http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...ocsp4tw2Fzurm4 best pic I could find.

They either have a ceramic rod (& I couldn't see any gold) or a flat PCB sort with gold traces on it, also there was a flower shaped disc on the spindle that contacts the boards, its got gold on its petals, as a contact.