Dismantling a Monitor - Page 2

Just snip it somewhere to break the "circle" and look at the fresh cut ends... it will be either copper(redish) color or aluminum(silver) color.

You are exactly right RCA. That is the best way to know whether it's copper or alum. I can tell by weight alone.

M88: I've been looking around for places to get rid fo the tubes but so far it's NG. I can get my hands on a bunch of monitors but if I have to pay to get rid of the tubes its not worth it. I am on the border of NJ and PA, PA seems to be less strickt with their CRT recycling, they do not count the tubes as hazardous waste as is done in NJ, so Im hoping to find someone out that way.

Some places you pay a little, other a lot to dispose of tubes.

I just received a quote from a yard in PA, $10 per tube to take them off my hands, crazy.

Oh, I have another question - those big metal bands that go around the larges part of the glass - do you remove those? I'm ascared to for fear it might make the whole thing explode!

Na, I just leave the band on there, I think it's just tin anyway,,,

Yea that band is just tin, its glued on pretty good. If your not smashing the tubes then just leave it on there. To much of a pain in the butt to get off.

Originally Posted by fnd5055

I just received a quote from a yard in PA, $10 per tube to take them off my hands, crazy.

Forget that, there's not that much copper in there to cover that.

@ cmhn: that's what I was saying. Freakin ridiculous

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

And here is an example of some aluminum wire that came out of some degaussing cables, you can tell by weight after you've done quite a few. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for the colors.

I work in an electric motor plant and the reason some of the wire is colored is to help the people assembling the product know which wire goes where. The color just tells them what winding they have.

And the old saying; Now we know the rest of the story,,

Is there a trick to getting these pieces of aluminum off of this cheap brown board in the monitor? I keep breakin this thing.

If it breaks just keep on going. Most yards will accept the low grade boards broken, if they accept them at all. Once you have a nice pile of "dirty" heat sinks just take some time and clean all of the garbage off, i.e. transistors that are screwed to the heat sink, and the left over circuit board remnants. It really doesn't take very long for me to clean about 50lbs...maybe half an hour or less.

gotcha... the wire from the degaussing cable, would this be clean #1 or #2, and how do you determin the difference? most of my wire is insulated #2, and I usually dont bother trying to clean it. This is the first time I have delt with a litle bigger wire, not sure when this size changes from #2 to #1

If the degaussing cable is colored then check to make sure that it is not alum. But for the most part we get #1 clean copper if it is stripped and not varnished or colored. If it is colored its #2 clean at our yard. Most yards are different about what size they accept for clean copper. Our yard doesn't care as long as it is bare bright it goes as #1

really snodly ?? I've been putting it in my #2 bucket 'cause it's smaller than a pencil lead ? I better about that next time ! thanks

The tubes themselves are a hazard... they are the reason why company's charge to take them... there just isn't enough money in taking monitors for free to justify the cost of sending the tubes out to get melted...

Trying to do it yourself means that your dealing with a hazardous material. The EPA would love you for that,,,