one quick question why do some people take capacitors off of certain boards? Also what do you do with such capacitors when taken off?
- Why take capacitors off of certain boards?
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one quick question why do some people take capacitors off of certain boards? Also what do you do with such capacitors when taken off?
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money sell them
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I'm just starting to get in to it but it seems like there is extra money to be made by doing so if you can find a buyer for whichever parts you take off. Possibly even make more off it that way than selling boards complete depending on which transistors, chips, etc. you're selling
Last edited by BigJon; 01-29-2015 at 10:39 AM.
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The only cap's I know to be worth anything is the Tantalum caps. There is a few buyer available for those. If you pull much else off of motherboards then you will devalue them. (puts them in a lower payout bracket)
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I got mixed up on my reply. Was thinking taking items off boards in general, not capacitors. Been reading old threads all morning lol. Sorry.
I agree with them, there's a decent market for tantalum caps if find them
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some boards that have large caps will get downgraded at the buyer due to the added weight of the board, by taking them off the board weight goes down slightly the but the price of the board goes up.
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Originally Posted by brandon
Thats how I reacted to the question. I do remove the very large cap's from boards that would be upgraded if removed. After removing the cap's it is worth it to ship the boards. Locally the cap's get tossed into the shred pile. In my case I get boards that are both power and logic boards. Mike
"Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}
Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
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