Phone Jacks and Plugs Scrap Value? Is there Gold Inside?

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Here's a pic of the male end of a phone adapter, so you can see the "gold",,,



"RJ11 4 Wire, 6P4C Telephone Plug for Flat Stranded Phone Cable, 6 Micron, Gold Plating",

Just an FYI it takes 14 square inches of 6 micron (235 micro inches) thick plating to make a gram of gold. The plating is only that thick on the small area that contacts the other wires, but the other part is flash plated. Not all are 6 microns or 235 micro inches most are around 50 micro inches which would take 65 square inches to make a gram.

I say save them and have them refines only because the amount of phone jack plugs to make a pound is huge and the amount of gold plating is far more than what is in regular monitor plugs or USB plugs per pound. this is just my thinking on this if I had a five gallon bucket of phone jacks I wold't sell them for $2.00#

I think I will do some measurements tomorrow on this to get a better idea in the amount of gold per phone jack and Ethernet jacks.



Eric