Learned a new "cheat code" for stripping electric tape off the stranded cu wire/tvs

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10-05-2014, 01:41 PM
DopenScrapple

Learned a new "cheat code" for stripping electric tape off the stranded cu wire/tvs

so I've done about 100 TV's and computer monitors this summer...and I've been isolating that run of stranded copper wire that runs around the perimeter of the tube...and stripping them with a box knife infront of the tv...doing 5 or so at a time...well today I had a great idea...

cut that wire loop in half and strip a couple inches off of one end. Then grab one of the copper conductors and if the tv is old enough or the electrical tape is dry enough, you can pull that one strand all the way down the wire run and it will slit the electrical tape in about two seconds. Shizam!

I did a few this way today, but noticed it didn't work very well on aluminum wire coated with green enamel, the aluminum wire kept breaking.
10-05-2014, 02:03 PM
Mechanic688

You caught the alum. wire, I just thought I'd add this pic. as these are alum also.

http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/.../S20100053.jpg
10-05-2014, 02:11 PM
spinroch

It's called the Degaussing cable.
Don't forget to recycle the rest of the tv properly
10-05-2014, 06:09 PM
DopenScrapple

Quote:

Originally Posted by spinroch

It's called the Degaussing cable.
Don't forget to recycle the rest of the tv properly

right on with the degaussing cable...

recycle the rest of the tv?

Mac Dre-Not My Job - YouTube

that's not my job! I don't do that! I'm a pimp slash scrapper I thought you knew that!
10-05-2014, 07:20 PM
mikeinreco

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Originally Posted by DopenScrapple

right on with the degaussing cable...

recycle the rest of the tv?

Mac Dre-Not My Job - YouTube

that's not my job! I don't do that! I'm a pimp slash scrapper I thought you knew that!

Please teach me the way oh pimp master I just can't seem to make these things disappear
10-05-2014, 08:27 PM
Pnutfarmer

That is a good trick I'll have to try. I'd been doing it the old box cutter way too. Thanks.
10-05-2014, 08:28 PM
DopenScrapple

I pull mine out of dumpsters normally...so when i'm done with them I just find another dumpster that I take something from and just carefully set one down in there (don't wanna make too much noise and get the dopenscrapple lynch mob too riled up.) It could probably come back on me if I somehow got caught and the management wanted to press charges for trespassing and illegal dumping...but it's unlikely if you spread them out...don't throw them in a full dumpster...do it at night and do so quietly. I figure I'm already trespassing, stealing trash, and breaking Kansas Dumpster Diving Laws, so as long as those TV's were destined for the landfill, I'm not creating any new harm, and I'm actually doing a small amount of good by recycling the metals.

That's what I do...i'm constantly being harassed by the police though...I already got much bigger problems...so I kind of have to be a law unto myself, and as long as i'm not hurting anyone, I can live with a few victimless crimes...

I have been thinking though about putting a tarp down and shattering the tube glass completely, scrapping the frame, recycling the plastic, and then storing up the leaded glass until I got heavy weight and then doing a dump run...I've also been thinking that I could somehow repurpose the tubes and use them in a bombshelter, since the leaded glass should stop radiation and microwaves...
10-05-2014, 09:48 PM
Goatrutar

So you'd use the old tubes in a similar fashion to a tinfoil hat? To stop those annoying mind control rays?
10-05-2014, 10:44 PM
DopenScrapple

basically...but it's a fact that radiation cannot penetrate lead...that's why it's used in TV's and x-ray equipment...

now whether or not radiation or microwave "directed energy weapons" can, have, are, and will be used against the people of this world is a whole other thing.
10-06-2014, 01:19 AM
DopenScrapple

wow...don't admit to illegal dumping on the internet.

SWAT team just came to my house and disrespected my whole family cuz someone narced this thread out.

Pretty sure it was Toretto!

TORETTO!!! - YouTube
10-06-2014, 04:51 AM
BRASSCATCHER

Dont think the swat team comes to a house for illegal scrapping. Especially if you haven't listed your address. If anyone ratted you out you did that yourself by admitting you may be breaking laws in your area. Looks and sounds as if the first four letters of your name may have something to do with your problems.
10-06-2014, 07:49 AM
saabsw

Lol at least this guy is entertaining, I don't even care if he's breaking the rules. He's right in some ways, victimless crime and all, but I'm surprised he hasn't caught on to the general feel of this forum. As long as he's not littering, breaking things on other people's curbs, taking advantage of the scrap yards, then I think he's ok. Dumpster diving shouldn't be illegal, if you find it in a dumpster then it's not all that bad putting it back in a dumpster, furthermore some states still allow you to put tvs out for trash pick-up. Something needs to be done with them. The only wrong here is that he's filling someone's dumpster with a tv he found in someone else's dumpster, and people pay for trash services.
10-06-2014, 02:08 PM
mikeinreco

Was thinking about starting a poll which will happen first......He gets banned from this site or put back in prison....LOL
10-06-2014, 02:17 PM
hobo finds

I think you are ok...

Kansas Laws Governing Electronics Disposal
As of November 2010, Kansas does not have laws regulating recycling or disposal of electronic waste.

As of November 2010, Kansas is among 27 U.S. states that do not have laws governing disposal or recycling of used, discarded electronic equipment, often referred to as E-waste, such as computers, televisions and cell phones.
10-06-2014, 02:29 PM
saabsw

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Originally Posted by mikeinreco

Was thinking about starting a pole which will happen first......He gets banned from this site or put back in prison....LOL

Don't ban him, he's the funniest person on this forum, if nothing else he's an example of what not to do. For the most part he's not hurting anyone, he's just hustling. How will he learn the right way to do things? He clearly likes this forum, and possibly respects some of it's members judging by the amount he post here.
10-06-2014, 02:48 PM
mikeinreco

I personally like the guy myself I just hope he doesn't say something that is really offensive or gets in trouble again (I think his avatar is a mug shot).......LOL.......I wish him luck and scrap helped me rise from the ashes after my incarceration
10-06-2014, 02:52 PM
NHscrapman

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Originally Posted by mechanic688

you caught the alum. Wire, i just thought i'd add this pic. As these are alum also.

http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/.../s20100053.jpg

eeeeeevvvvvviiiiiiillllll!!!!!!
10-06-2014, 02:57 PM
BRASSCATCHER

I wish him luck as well and he is funny. Just be careful about posting something that may be in the grey area when it comes to scrapping. I do know that forums like these are watched and monitored by big brother. This forum is not as tightly moderated as another I am on and I hope it never gets to that point.
10-06-2014, 03:32 PM
DopenScrapple

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Yeah if I do a little time, I'm still all good...but please, please don't ban me from these forums. I have nothing but respect for the site and all of its posters. I'm a little bit "different" and sometimes it takes time to get used to my sense of humor. I try not be vulgar or obscene nor offend or upset anyone. Sometimes my sense of humor is geared towards pushing an envelope on a taboo subject, just for the shock value and novelty.

But yeah, that avatar was a mugshot lol, but the dopen in dopenscrapple is just German for Dope, which is actually the name of the city I was born in and spent the first 10 years of my life. I'm well aware of the fact that dope is American slang for drugs, I've only heard a million jokes about it.
10-06-2014, 04:20 PM
KzScrapper

No worries on my end DS...I think you bring a fresh perspective to things around here. Too many Goodie Two Shoes some days.
10-06-2014, 04:54 PM
AuburnEwaste

Learned a new "cheat code" for stripping electric tape off the stranded cu wire/tvs

I love when online forums "ban" someone, that lasts about 30 seconds while they make a new email adress and register a new name.
10-06-2014, 06:18 PM
SteelMill

You can IP Ban them. However most of the time, you can unplug your router for a few hours and voila, there's a new IP address assigned, or you could use a proxy to change your IP. Either one and much, much more.
10-06-2014, 07:11 PM
Hypoman

Can anyone imagine what this forum would be like if Dopen, Skippy, Kris Kringle, or that Patty person with 3-4 posts were on here at the same time? That'd be very entertaining!! Lol

"If you're a young Mafia gangster out on your first date, I bet it's real embarrassing if someone tries to kill you. "-Jack Handy
10-06-2014, 07:16 PM
DakotaRog

I thought he was in New jersey for some reason :x

What's the closest larger German city to Dope? I have Germanic roots but back a ways (my folks on the dad's side left what was to become Germany in 1815, next set left Ukraine as Germans living in Russia in 1873, homesteaded in Dakota Territory and we've been here since).
10-06-2014, 09:06 PM
jord0690

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Originally Posted by KzScrapper

No worries on my end DS...I think you bring a fresh perspective to things around here. Too many Goodie Two Shoes some days.

Agreed. Im all for doin stuff right and by the book, but sometimes you gotta keep life intersting and be bad once in a while ;)
10-07-2014, 10:35 AM
DopenScrapple

RICK ROSS (Port Of Miami) Album HD - "I'm Bad" - YouTube

yeah hear's one of my scrapping theme songs. I'm bad. Run and tell em that!
10-07-2014, 05:11 PM
pjost

Quote:

Originally Posted by DopenScrapple

But yeah, that avatar was a mugshot lol, but the dopen in dopenscrapple is just German for Dope, which is actually the name of the city I was born in and spent the first 10 years of my life.

My family tree goes back to Germans from Russia. Please tell me we aren't related.
10-07-2014, 05:14 PM
pjost

Quote:

Originally Posted by DakotaRog

I thought he was in New jersey for some reason :x

What's the closest larger German city to Dope? I have Germanic roots but back a ways (my folks on the dad's side left what was to become Germany in 1815, next set left Ukraine as Germans living in Russia in 1873, homesteaded in Dakota Territory and we've been here since).

Same here Rog. My Great Grandfather homesteaded in Eureaka, SD. You I wouldn't mind being related to.
10-07-2014, 08:56 PM
DakotaRog

pjost- No folks with my surname up around Eureka but a lot of the same names found around Menno (my dad's home town) are also found up in McPherson County. I don't remember when Eureka was founded but I think it was about 1o years after n. Yankton and s. Hutchinson Counties were settled. Those were some of the first Germans from Russia out the door. What happened was that the Russian nobility got the tsar to change the laws that were given to the Germans to come settle in Russia 50+ years earlier. The Germans had a good gig the first half of the 19th century; 1) freedom of religion, 2) no taxes, 3) no military service-read draft, and 4) the freedom to speak their own language. The tsar was forced to change these in 1872/73 and my ancestors' whole village took a vote and about 2/3rds of them said, "not happening" and started planning to leave for the U.S. soon after that. There were multiple waves of Germans leaving Russia (1870s, 1905, and WWII) and each one it became more difficult. The last wave came out with the retreating German army, not because they supported the Nazis but because the Russians had told them when they regained control of the Ukraine, they would kill or exile any Germans still living there because they were Germans. My people had it lucky...