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Found 3 crochet clubs, I was letting my son go wild with it on a tear down, he was hitting things , well i tried it on a TV yolk & it's the best hammer type devise i ever used , Lite weight so you can swing it all day, the long handle helps you keep your distance from object and large head cracks the plastic and short well. its better then a hammer.
my ex used to crochet but she used needles not clubs!!
There's really no need to be breaking the yoke on a tv to get the copper.
I assume you mean "croquet".
did you mean AFTER you take it off. You don't bust the tube do you ? Please tell me you don't bust the tube.
Ok im guilty of breaking off the yokes if there is not SS clips holding it there. Anyone got a trick? cause those suckers dont wanna move off there
Of all the TVs and monitors I have broken down, I only had one accidental yoke break on me. There are always either ty-wraps, screws and those plastic spinny things that choke down on the yoke or some combination there of. No need to break it at all.
Usually, I can just twist the copper part by hand till comes off. If there is a clamp holding it, I'll loosen the clamp first.
Me too, parrothead...broke one by accident and it scared me half to death !
Yah, the yoke assemblies that have epoxy injected into them to hold them in place are a pain. I just removed four today. I took them off the CRTs in pieces. After removing metal banding around the yoke assembly, I gently forced a large flat head screw driver in between the two ferrite pieces and turned the screw driver (like I was removing a screw) to pry the two outer pieces apart. Once I had the outer pieces off, I pried the the rest of the yoke assembly off from the bottom (the edge closest to the screen). I worked my way around slowly, only using just enough pressure/torque. I wear safety glasses, but I think a face shield would be a good idea.Quote:
Ok im guilty of breaking off the yokes if there is not SS clips holding it there. Anyone got a trick? cause those suckers dont wanna move off there
Cricket Clubs I meant - sure I get the yoke off , then comes the club no need to bust up a tv but usually the gas comes out .they can be twisted off but you have a big square circuit board at the end , once you Crack off a yolk it gets rid of the shock hazard I found any way , some times i find it more a danger when you take a tv apart slow trying to pry off gently and wiggling cause the longer you take the more time you are near it to get a shock or bust a tube , I seen on Utube a way to ground a tv to defuse it . but for me i have no need as i am not repairing a tv so I cut the red wire pop the end of the yolk till it cracks , & found it is safe
I hold my breath as i do this work for the 30 seconds it takes me.
then i put the back panel back i bring it to a municipal building that takes the tvs . we don't have a good will , salvation army will also take them.
Oh cricket club.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Copper Head
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Look at the size of it! That ain't no yoke.
How do you miss the ball? That thing is bigger then my paddle for my canoe!
Copper Head on a serious note here, It sounds like your son hangs out in your work shop, is this correct?
Do him and yourself a favor and get a lead test kit! Holding your breath for 30 seconds does what ?
I can picture lead all over everything in your work area. This is a huge hazard to your sons health!
Now back to having fun and cutting up!
Thank you otto but with epoxy injected ones im just gonna keep bashing them. I mean if you do it right there isnt crazy amounts of blow back of the little flakes. hell probably such a bad idea health wise. Im gonna put this into the Darwinism file of things i do for money :-p
Yea, that's what Hoss thought also, till that one time and it'll bite you real hard if not kill you.Quote:
once you Crack off a yolk it gets rid of the shock hazard I found any way , some times i find it more a danger when you take a tv apart slow trying to pry off gently and wiggling cause the longer you take the more time you are near it to get a shock or bust a tube ,
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/showt...t=tv+grounding
It's not cricket . whats the hammer like club with wooden ball hit through metal hoopsQuote:
Originally Posted by injunjoe
thats the discovery
I never take apart tvs inside always out side, back to the wind and never near kids (i did one & was last one inside thats nasty dust)
I must have more lead in me now then 2 years ago & copper for that matter .
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The tube holds juice for sure . cut the red wire & never touch tv wile you cut it - just cut fast with insulated lines men . crack yoke & also never touch whilst you do that also. don't breath till complete
Just so you know, the "juice" is also contained in the capacitors on the circuit board. That's why I recommend a ground strap made out a piece of 12-10 ga stranded wire and a pair of clamps off of a junk battery charger. Clamp one end to something metal and the other end to an insulated screwdriver, use the screwdriver to brush across the caps. on the bottom of the board to discharge them then you can stick the end of the driver under the suction cup on the tube. Or you could buy one of these,,Quote:
The tube holds juice for sure . cut the red wire & never touch tv wile you cut it - just cut fast with insulated lines men . crack yoke & also never touch whilst you do that also. don't breath till complete
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Never did i get a zap from tv's or monitors. I got sparks from a wire I cut from a ceiling fan that sat in my garadge for two months. Scared the crap out of me.
Mick is correct. It's croquet.
http://www.trygrs.com/wp-content/upl...01/croquet.jpg
Yoke in eggs is yolk. Just sayin'.
What gas?Quote:
Originally Posted by Copper Head
CH, you have disappointed me yet again. The consensus on this forum is to keep the crt's intact so as not to release TOXINS !
You are deliberately doing something AGAIN that we have encouraged others OVER and OVER not to do. Now a noob comes in all confused cause he reads your posts about bashing tv's and mentioning GAS. We have said over and over..there are NO gases inside crt's..it is a vacuum and the hiss you hear is sucking in. I pray that you are not seriously injured someday.
Yes a vacuum like a lite bulb the term gas is definitely loose from me. CRTs have a large board box I have twisted off with no hiss but as you well know that often is not possible as these things really were not meant to be repaired in a user friendly way, some use a glass to thin at end ,they can crack just looking at it. as even when built in the 90's it was less money to just buy a new one . I do work out side and if size allows i do get a box a low cost bag to line box and after i am done tv goes in box with words on box TV does not work now that the town i collect from has a tv drop off I take advantage of it . I do not just bust to smithereens as whats the point , But sure i have opened many a tv that was busted up in side.
You don't have to touch the T.V, if still charged it can arc over your wire cutters, enter your hand and exit at the least resistive point to ground. Please do as Mechanic688 says and be safe or eventually wish that you were.Quote:
cut the red wire & never touch tv wile you cut it - just cut fast with insulated lines men . crack yoke & also never touch whilst you do that also. don't breath till complete
I understand what your saying ,I am wearing linesmen gloves using lines men clippers wearing nice thick sole boots (not standing in water or on grass) and standing on a found in garbage rubber pizza floor mat (if i am at home) on the road i use a lowes rubber nealing pad , If you were to hand me a live wire it stops at me . Sure no gloves bare foot in a puddle of water using clippers with broken cracked rubber handle i would be dead meat .Quote:
Originally Posted by harrisvh
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When I was a kid of 19, I worked with an electrician he was probably lazy but he would never shut the power down when changing outlets he just warned me just only touch one wire at a time.I am not going to debate his Battle as even i shut the power at box , but I still handle the possibility of live power the same to this day I always am set up so i am not able to ark.
Even if i use power tools i stand on wood like my my father did.
One may say i don't take enough precautions but for me it works i cut that wire in a blink of an eye & pull away like a cowboy one hand till diffused Now to any newbies this is just IMO for me ,for you do as the others say as per post #17
I break the gas vacuum first, mostly by just wiggling the circuit board or smacking the plug end with a hammer or pliers, facing away from it & covering my eyes.
Once all of the airs been sucked in & its safe to work on it.
I use a Phillips screwdriver to undo the two stainless steel bands.
Then I twist the yoke sideways till its loose & pull it off.
Pop the two black metal clips holding the two iron ceramic rings on the yoke & then I pop out the inner copper coils out of the plastic.
The ceramic rings, I break it up with a hammer untill its broken all thru & the copper wire is still intact.
Then I keep sorting thru the loose copper coil to get rid of all the ceramic, that can be checked with a magnet.
Gotta love the dumb scrapper posts tonight its like rush and roulette who's gonna kill themselves first.
lmao
Thinking of going to the nearest substation tonight who wants to go with me? I will even let you make the first cut!!!
pick me pick me ill even bring my own lopers.
help wanted
new position in the u s postal service in the denver area
:) funny to me i probably need to goto bed
smh. Russian roulette.
response to this post - you stated " two iron ceramic rings on the yoke " in all my TV & CRT's I found them all to be steel and I sell as short I only mention this in case you don't realize they are a valuable part of the yolk / once you have a bucket of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by eesakiwi
The vacuum I find this works well , pop off the red rubber cap attached to transformer - once off take a small punch & pop it in to that spot that the rubber cap was pluged . I find it never breaks the glass and seems a safe way to allow air to suck in
PS
use a punch with a nice rubber handle as should the hammer also be .