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    Hi all, so hear is my question do the boards themselves have any PM value like in the solder. Is there any retrievable silver? I have a few hundred lbs of just board. I took a sawsall to the power supplies and have a bunch of clean boards left.



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    From what I have read it is minimal money to be made on those boards. Seems like most people strip them and put them in there shred pile. Unless you have a local buyer who buys those boards. Shipping will kill profit if any.

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    I usually throw them in with my low grade boards.

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    Try to find a local buyer and see how much you can get for the whole board per lbs. I get .40 per lbs for the boards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CTscrapman View Post
    Hi all, so hear is my question do the boards themselves have any PM value like in the solder. Is there any retrievable silver? I have a few hundred lbs of just board. I took a sawsall to the power supplies and have a bunch of clean boards left.
    sounds like you have found a quick way to process these, im curious towards the process, you just use a sawzall the cut the components off the surface of the board, how do you clamp the board like vertical in a vise?
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    I'd imagine power supplies have precious metals. They are loaded with capacitors, sometimes the switches with gold balls, tantulam capacitors and then you got the none pm copper which is plentiful since it carries power, and extruded aluminum....Some power supplies have gold connectors etc.

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    Yes Jg I put it vertical in the vice but the board is still attached to the case (most of the time) with the 4 screws everything dumps into a box messy but quick. I had been throwing themselves depopulated boards in shred it just seems that there is more value than that. Like if the solder used is 2% or 4% silver. Just curious. I have seen a buyer pay. At. .41/lb where is the value? (not on the board) so it must be under the board no?

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    CT, from what I can tell the solder in power supplies is standard lead based. Cheap dime store brand except they flow solder it.
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