Have several TV's- what to look for besides basics?

[Bigblue12v]

I have several TV's to scrap out, besides obvious stuff is there any stuff I may not realize I should keep that has goodies inside? I have mostly only scrapped large loads of steel and such and really haven't messed with small items or a lot of non-ferrous stuff...

Thanks for any input..... I'm not in a hurry on these TV's, I buy and scrap junk cars and stay pretty busy with that and plowing snow and many other things in life so the TV's may still be waiting for me in a week or two.

[ScrapperNJ26]

What can you get out of TV's?

[Mick]

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[Ditchdigger]

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LOL! That one belongs in the "Where do you work" thread. In the living room, of course...

[tjlock]

Different places will buy the boards too.

[Mick]

LOL! That one belongs in the "Where do you work" thread. In the living room, of course...

That's where I tore mine apart. When our TV went out last month, we bought a big-screen and I looked online to see how to scrap the old one. The one this guy has is the same as mine so I used Youtube as a guide as I went along. It was so heavy I really couldn't lift it to move it, so tore it apart on the living room floor. Then I had the glass tube left which is heavy, so I brought the tractor with forks to the front door, slid the tube to the door and out onto the forks so I could take it to my wood lot/scrap yard.

[junkdude1959]

Im still trieing to find out what type of non-magnetic metal it is inside ot the tail of the picture tube itself...no one seems to know

[j&jscrap]

Something to think about also is if they work try pawning them. I did that with a few and got more than i would of if i scraped it.

[Bigblue12v]

Thanks for the replies. Watched that video and stripped them today since we're having an ice storm I had to find somethin to do to get out of the house so I escaped to the garage....

[junkdude1959]

Cool, I went to the garage also, truck stayed in driveway...lol

[injunjoe]

Thanks for the replies. Watched that video and stripped them today since we're having an ice storm I had to find somethin to do to get out of the house so I escaped to the garage....

Did you by any chance get any weights on like the copper you got out of each? I see TV's all the time but never bothered to stop and pick them up.
I have not opened up a TV set in 30 years. Ahrr I'm getting old.

Thanks

[Bigblue12v]

No, but I had just taken off my non ferrous so my containers were empty. I could weigh each material and give you the weight for all 3 of them which will give you a better average per unit probably. One of the TV's was very old and it had metal brackets all over, lots of screws and a lot more insulated wiring than the newer TV's. The newer TV's have more integrated mounting for circuit boards and such, plastic slots that the boards slide into instead of metal brackets to mount them, and less wiring between and boards and such. Much more integrated. If you watch in the video he pulls a big copper wire with heavy insulation on it, these are used to secure the picture tube to the housing, the oldest TV didn't have that, instead it had large sheet metal brackets to hold the tube in, which I left intact. The two other TV's had the big copper cable to secure the screen.

Hmm I don't have a good small scale, only a bathroom scale. I might have a digital fish scale which I could use to weigh my buckets, then dump them to get the Tare to subtract from the full weight... Those would likely be a lot more accurate. I'll look in a bit and get back with ya.

[injunjoe]

Thanks I do like numbers. It is fun to do the math and see what is worth doing and what is not.
I like to weigh a motor before I start, and then after I remove all the copper. The math is a great way to keep me motivated!
I take it there is a large transformer in there. They are one of my favorite sources of copper.
I have yet to watch the video. I am using free WiFi from neighbors, they need some connection help! LOL
It is slow but if it's free it's for me!

[bakedbeens]

I posted this question in my newbie announcement, but this looks like a good thread to ask it again. I'm looking for a rectangular piece of milky white glass an inch or two long that my friend told me is in older TVs. Used for an insulator I think. Any info would be great, thanks.

[Gravitar]

Im still trieing to find out what type of non-magnetic metal it is inside ot the tail of the picture tube itself...no one seems to know

I busted one open a while ago before I knew there was lead and phosphor in the tubes. I NEVER bust the tubes now. Anyway, I think its aluminum. I tossed it in the alum bin and the guys at the yard didn't say anything.

[Hypoman]

It's stainless steel......... not aluminum.
















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[Gravitar]

Ah. ok, thanks for correcting that.

[Mechanic688]

I posted this question in my newbie announcement, but this looks like a good thread to ask it again. I'm looking for a rectangular piece of milky white glass an inch or two long that my friend told me is in older TVs. Used for an insulator I think. Any info would be great, thanks.

Yea, those things your looking for (why,I don't know) are porcelain insulators. And that's what they do, insulate and draw heat away from the transistor.

[eesakiwi]

If you watch in the video he pulls a big copper wire with heavy insulation on it, these are used to secure the picture tube to the housing, the oldest TV didn't have that, instead it had large sheet metal brackets to hold the tube in, which I left intact. The two other TV's had the big copper cable to secure the screen. .

Its a 'degausser coil'. Sometimes these can have as much as 3Lbs copper wire, they could also be 100 grams of Ali wire instead......

Degaussing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

[eesakiwi]

Yea, those things your looking for (why,I don't know) are porcelain insulators. And that's what they do, insulate and draw heat away from the transistor.

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I, just then, posted in his intro thread what I think it is.