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Especially the older ones!
I have opened about 10 so far and 2 were old ones and one of them was a thick copper coating and in the other was a thick brass coating.
Just take a hammer to one and it comes apart like nothing.
Brass from one weighted a bit more than 1kg so around here that would fetch me £2.40 ($3.84) per charger.
1kg of brass from one -
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ooo! I have a few I am waiting to smash.. wasnt sure what I might find :)
I thought someone said they could blow up in your face if you did that. perhaps it was something different.
^^^ that was the Li-Ion batt packs man, not the chargers...
that is right.....I was just trying to find that thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Torker Man
thanks torker
just went out in the shed and popped one open, thin aluminium just like you sometimes get on the inside of a monitor. 3 mini aluminium heatsinks, a couple of ferrite rings with copper wrapped round them. this was from a Dell laptop
I have got some aluminium also but mainly brass and copper for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dugong
What do you do with your ferrite?
For us, it goes in our small steel bucket.Quote:
What do you do with your ferrite?
Here is what a few small chargers look like inside,, after you break off the plastic cover. I used the bench vice to squeeze them and they would pop open like a ripe grape.
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Here it is by itself,, Just squeeze them on the center seam where their glued together.
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Sorry for the blurry pic's.
Did some of yours have like covers around then made of copper/brass aswell?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
doesn't seem like many goodies in there, compared to the work to remove them?/
Am I wrong?
Yes, these had a thin copper sheet around them. There is some wire, a copper coil or two, good sized transformer, alum. heat sink and the cord. No real work involved when you use a vise, takes about a minute, worth it to me. Maybe not for everybody.Quote:
Did some of yours have like covers around then made of copper/brass aswell?
There is only 2 tools needed really. A hammer to smash the plastic casing and the unscrew about 4 screws inside and that is it. Get copper of the coils can be done by hitting the ring with a hammer and then peeling the copper off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Torker Man
My wife and I have gone through a few because of our dogs. Thanks for telling me this, I will open them tomorrow.
Those are power boards and sell for a little more than low grade.
Heh..to much work.. For me it's a quick hit or two with the hammer on the sides an that sucker is open. Takes no time at all.
Sirscrapalot - finds pleasure in whacking things with a heavy hammer.