question about grading circuit board

[conrad4784]

Hello I have just sourced a seller of circuit boards and from what I can tell they are mid grade? what do you think. Also would It be better to remove the alluminum and copper from the boards before selling? I also came across some low grade boards I know they only sell for .15 cents a pound they have allum and copper on them would I still get paid the .15 if I removed them before selling? thanks

[Ecycle Atlanta]

I would say the top is just a power supply board and my guess is $.30+....ask your buyer. The bottom pic would probably be degraded if you remove the aluminum. Not much else there for a buyer to profit from.

[robsrecycling]

the top board is a medium grade board if you remove the heavy heat sinks ad transformers.the bottom is a lo grade board .remove the alum and toss it in the junk pile

[EWastHarvester]

I think you could probably get a little more for the top picture then what shendog suggested, but I think that asking your buy would be the best option. He will know best. As far as the bottom picture, I think Shendog is right. There isn't much there. Definitely call up your buyer and get his input, it really is the only way to know for sure.

[conrad4784]

I'd rather not toss the low grade in the trash after I remove the alum even if I got enough to pay the gas to recycle them I'd go that route thanks for the input

[conrad4784]

I have been using a propane torch to get the trans and alum off the boards will the value go down if they get a little burnt. I use a gas mask also those fumes are not healthy

[drozenski]

I have been using a propane torch to get the trans and alum off the boards will the value go down if they get a little burnt. I use a gas mask also those fumes are not healthy

You got one for the rest of us cause it's our air too.

Use a screw driver and a pair of vice grips, ditch the flame.

[robsrecycling]

the best way to pull them off honestly is a pair of channel locks and elbow grease .and Conrad don't throw them away put them in a junk board pile .evan with all the items removed you can still get 10-15 cents a lb for them

[BRASSCATCHER]

I can strip the bottom boards and still get .10#. Those heat sinks should get at least .50#. They are worth more than the board. Also grab those small transformers and put them in with your mtrs.

[drozenski]

top is .50 a pound

bot is low brown at .15 a pound

[conrad4784]

top is .50 a pound

bot is low brown at .15 a pound

is that .50 a pound with all the heatsinks attached or removed?

[robsrecycling]

the top pic could yield up to 50 cents a lb entact .but if you remove the heatsinks and big transformers than some place will take them as mid grade .that's what I do I get 200 a lb with the heatsinks and transformers removed

[Mechanic688]

the top pic could yield up to 50 cents a lb entact .but if you remove the heatsinks and big transformers than some place will take them as mid grade .that's what I do I get 200 a lb with the heatsinks and transformers removed

The last one of them I had, my buyer grabbed a small hammer and knocked off the big can caps and told me "now it's upgraded".

[conrad4784]

the top pic could yield up to 50 cents a lb entact .but if you remove the heatsinks and big transformers than some place will take them as mid grade .that's what I do I get 200 a lb with the heatsinks and transformers removed

2.00 a pound for mid grade? Can I ask who your buyer is

[robsrecycling]

its a local buyer up here buy me in pa .he has the best price I have ever found for medium grade. he also gets my alum,copper and a couple other stuff

[conrad4784]

its a local buyer up here buy me in pa .he has the best price I have ever found for medium grade. he also gets my alum,copper and a couple other stuff

Does he take shipments

[robsrecycling]

its a local buyer up here by me . seprish recycling .I think they sell theres to tri state recycling in Harrisburg pa

[Kochy]

So wait Transformers aren't their own separate category I could of sworn they worn lol. So throw transformers in with motors?

[BRASSCATCHER]

So wait Transformers aren't their own separate category I could of sworn they worn lol. So throw transformers in with motors?

It depends on how your buyer will take them. I mix mtrs,transformers,computer fans etc together since oneyard i deal with pays the same for all of it.

[robsrecycling]

well they are .but because they basically contain the same types of material. and the prices are the same .most buyers just mix them together