I just want to know how many of you break down tvs and find it worthwhile.
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I just want to know how many of you break down tvs and find it worthwhile.
i dont ,space or time if i did there hundres of them free a week around here
Ok, i see now about the poll. I'll try one soon. My next question is the obvious one, though. How many questions can you put in a poll? If only 1, then is there a place where all the poll questions and answers can be found? You wouldnt have to have a note section there, just a running list of questions asked and answers. Thanks!
when you start thread scrol down should be poll option ,now for questions you have to make your own questions ,it pretty self explanatory just read and you can get it
first off you need a place to dispose of the crt's, if that's all good then why not.
so long as your scrapping and disposing as you go, not stack tv's up like I did.
only takes a few minutes to scrap out a tv, and if e-waste is all you do then the degaussing cables
are about the thickest wire you'll see and probably the only wire worth stripping.
i'm using tv's to build my business, free pickups along with anything electrical, the difference for me is the cord,
can't find many tv's out there with cords, a cord ain't much but after a few hundreds tv's them cords add up,
so I figured if I offer to pick up tv's then i'll get the cords too, and here in oz', a plug has 3 prongs, not 2,
so I get 33% more brass then you do, ha!
I used to only take small ones but now I have pretty much stopped taking them all together unless they have a large load. I do suggest where they can take them and they are grateful for the info.
Got away from them for a bit but now that town will take the tubes and plastic I am taking them when I get them. It's the first thing I ever scrapped when I started so its like getting to know an old friend again.
I used to take all i could see, but now i wont touch them unless it is part of a larger pick up.
I use to do them but not really anymore. There is money to be had from them, but disposing of the tube is the problem. I mainly do cpu monitors cause my brother-in-law is a IT cpu guy at a collage and can take my stripped monitors for recycling.
I will do it as a favor to people I like... Or when they give me a bunch of other scrap along with it. Otherwise I charge them five bucks a piece for removal... And then I strip it
Burly, if you want to PM me I might have a buyer near us that would make it worthwhile for you to break these down.
yes all of them crt, lcd and plasma all add to the bottom line, especially if they are free
"yes worthwhile" answer here BUT with some major qualifications...
1. 27" is my size limit for CRTs. 34" Sony Wega is 191 pounds. Top of the line 35" is 240 pounds.
2. no off-brand CRT TVs unless they are older. Gotta have that copper degaussing wire as my reward
3. never pick up more than I can dispose of legally and safely.
Here in northern NJ I have my pick of TVs...for now
I take the ones I can carry myself. If I have a larger one that I can't carry i just get the cord if its still there. I love saving the boards up and in my free time I break those all down.
Initially I used to tear them down all the time, but I prefer CRT monitors, more valuable material inside but I'll still do a TV here and there (have a few I gotta tear down held off to the side). As far as getting rid of the tubes, after I'm done stripping the yoke, degausing cable, wires, boards, etc from it I put the shell back together with the tube still in it and take it to Best Buy or the town facility to get rid of (mostly Best Buy).
Even though I've never gotten shocked tearing them down, I decided to stop playing with fire and made myself a home-made shorting probe using a piece of PVC pipe, a big flat-head screwdriver from Harbor Freight, wire with alligator clip and duct and electrical tape:
http://imageshack.us/a/img42/1460/dsc0468oc.jpg
I break them down in my free time. I figure breaking them down is better than sitting on my butt doing nothing. Get to make a little money too.
I love 'em Ben. Degausser, copper wires, aluminium etc. Only takes a couple of minutes to do a basic strip. Bring 'em on.Quote:
Originally Posted by scrapperben
If I was curbside shopping in my truck I could strip them on the tailgate and leave the glass at Best Buy before going home. With a bike and cold fingers, I take them home and let them drain for a while.
A lot of people scrap televisions around here (Chicago), myself included. I actually found an old one recently, a brand I never heard of before. CBS? Not the CBS television network, a CBS television, complete with old vacuum tubes and a rather worn out rotary tuner. I never knew there was a CBS brand of television. Has anyone ever heard of that brand? I can't find a manufacture date on the television, but guessing it might be from the early to mid sixties. Can't find any info on the web on it either.
If it works it could be worth money to a collector. The vacuum tubes can also be worth a few bucks each as well.
I'm 63 years old so I've seen or heard of about every brand of TV out there. I've never heard of a CBS model. I even tried to think of something that might look like that if the lettering was worn. On the back of the set should be a sheet of specifications, which should show the make and model. It might be on the inside of the backing.Quote:
Originally Posted by davidks67
Here is a link to a vintage tv page by a guy I found, if you scroll down it says CBS-Columbia were among the first to offer ''color receivers''
this might give you a start on researching your item better. it looks like they are from the early 1950's
Steve's Vintage Color TV Page
I have been seeing a lot of TV's dumped after being stripped of recyclable parts. So when the big bad intrusive government starts regulating, I don't want to hear people P&Moaning about the big bad govt. intervening on their god given right to be A' holes.
There's not a huge amount of stuff in a typical television - I welcome them nonetheless. I figure since I enjoy taking things apart and since they do yield a little valuable material it is worth doing. I won't turn them away, but I'd rather not have many of them. Around here, you better not turn anyone away or they tend to find someone else that will take all their items, leaving you with nothing.
I break them down, but then again i dont get that many, maybe three four a year, usually friends or family. I really dont put the word out looking for them. I'd end up driving all over the county burning gas.
I do put the word out that I will gladly take anything, but they must be brought to me or be enough that's worth my time and fuel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkansaw
I don't pick them up but will take them if dropped off , I just cut the power cord and another scrapper I know has a source to get rid of the rest if the guts are there , it works for me.:D
I've started to scrap CRT's now that I know what's in them.
But I only do it if it's part of another load that I am taking. So if I pick up 30 computers in a lot auction, I won't cherry pick at it. I take everything that's on the pallet. But the toughest thing about CRT's is the proper disposal. The last time I got rid of a bunch of CRT's, I think that the poor sole who asked me for them had no idea that I already gutted them because they were all re-assembled and the cord was still intact.
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Originally Posted by tedanderson
A) why did you not take the cords? That's money.
B) how were the cords intact if you gutted them?
A. It wasn't enough for it to be worth it to me. I only wanted the circuit boards. Plus they make a great carrying handle. ;)
B. The grommet was fused to the plastic part of the cabinet unlike many others where the grommet is slotted and sits inside of the cutout of the metal panel.
So Are the boards easy to sell? Do they have to be all in one piece or will they take them broken as well? can the boards be sold as a mix from other electronics?
I dunno. I haven't sold any of them yet. I've been collecting circuit boards and keeping them in a couple of 55 gallon drums. I was going to list them on Ebay as bulk e-scrap as soon as the barrels were full but in the last couple of weeks I've been learning that there are differences between high/low grade boards and even some of them are worth more than others.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmurrow3
I've sworn off TVs/monitors a zillion times... every time I'm stuck driving around to Goodwills & Best Buys trying to pawn off the gutted husks with those @$%*&@ing CRTs.
But dangit I'll still stop and get a Sony Trinitron every time I see one sitting on the curb.
At 44 I'm almost too darn old to get the bigger ones up into the bed of the truck... one of these times I'm sure I'll bust something heaving on those heavy bass-turds. But those finger-thickness degaussing cables, those 5 pound yokes (sp? LOL), and some surprisingly high-grade boards make it worth it.
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Originally Posted by auminer
Haha, me too... but every time I slice open a degaussing cable and see that flash of copper and every time I look over at that bucket full of yokes, it pulls me back in. Fortunately, I can set tubes out and the garbage truck will collect them.
Do you guys take the glass places cause the garbage won't take or cause its a safety thing?
The glass is apparently full of lead and a lot places have banned them from landfills.
. The last time I got rid of a bunch of CRT's, I think that the poor sole who asked me for them had no idea that I already gutted them because they were all re-assembled and the cord was still intact.[/QUOTE]
Sad dude..
Lol I pull the yokes and wire and boards pit the cover back on and drop them at a ewaste bin in town, I did recently find a plastics company near by that recycles all 7 kinds of plastic and they are willing to drop a bin at my house but its the tubes, need to figure that issue out...as we grow I guess
Hey Cummins:Quote:
Originally Posted by cummins
Who takes all your plastics? I'm in the SWO...
There is a place in ajax that takes all 7 types of plastics, I haven't had a chance to talk with them yet but they say on the Web site they will drop a bin off at your location, there on my list its people to call