Copper spools in TV

Hey guys, I picked up a small TV w/VCR the other day and when I took the back cover off there was a heavy object connected to it with 2 wires coming out. I put it off to the side to check out after I took the rest of the TV apart. when I got around to breaking it apart I found 2 spools of wire attached to it and all I had to do was pull the nice clean copper out. I forgot to take a picture but just wondering if anybody knows what this is. I have done a lot of reading on the forum and I searched for it and couldn't find anything. Thanks!

Obviously you havn't read enough.

Then explain to me what it is

maybe it belonged to a former scrapper, and that's where he was hiding his loot

Nothing on that list fits the bill..I wish I had taken a picture, didn't think it would be so uncommon...

Originally Posted by billygoat

I always thought that was some kind of an inductor. Not that it matters to me though since I just tear everything apart and sort them out.

Choke and inductor are the same things.

last night I went-a-googling, It is a line out transformer. I found one this week in a philips tv with internal surround-sound system. My guesstimate is that since it is two separate systems in one product, it only needs one power cable, but easch separate system operates with different voltage. eg, a tv needs more volts than a vcr to operate. same thing with my tv/surround sound. I may be way off but thats what I found. Try wikipedia and search "Line out transformer".

as for a description; a heavy iron "squared" ring with two separate spools. the metal ring is rubber coated. heavy equals about 2 maybe 3 pounds, maybe more.