Started at 5 pm after working all day, did the breakdown outside (72 degrees), on a bench next to shop. The first two PSU's I removed metal top, fan guard, 115/230 switch, on/off switch, plug receptacle, wire guard shroud, and separated circuit board from case bottom. I then disconnected fan from circuit board. Using my angle grinder, on back of board and around outer portion of board removed 90% of wires. Then started removing remaining wires, transformers, chokes, and coils (anything that has copper). Next I removed brass sockets from the various connectors. I used three containers to put everything in as I worked and will sort later. Metal, wire, transformers, coils, and chokes went in 5 gallon bucket. Switches and socket contacts in 5 Lb. coffee container. Plastic (fluff) into a waste can that gets dumped into recycling can city picks up. I will separate and process the other two containers later, as I have like 20+ categories of scrap. This took less than 10 minutes for two PSU's. Next I did a third PSU a aftermarket 350 watt Allied AL-C350 ATX with SATA connector. Will give those details on a later post. Going to have Ice Cream and play with GF!!!
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