Broken e-scrap?

Originally Posted by ggariepy

So it's fair to say that you can remove heatsinks, transformers, coils, etc., from the "low grade" boards inside CRT monitors without totally destroying the value of the "low grade" board itself? What about "high grade" boards?

I've been looking through SMF all day trying to figure this out, as I stripped down five monitors yesterday.

What about the ferrite cores of the monitor yokes? Is that material of interest to scrapyards? Or do I just toss it?

Finally, I'm seeing some braided silver metal material surrounding the CRT in a mesh. I thought it looked like aluminum wire, but I think I'm reading that this is in fact another copper alloy? If so, I may be throwing a bunch of copper out... :confused:



Any tips much appreciated. Reading and googling...reading and googling...but still not 100% where I want to be with my knowledge yet.

--Geoff

Dont just toss the ferrite, unless you mean tossing it into your shred pile.