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    Today's Project

    A little telecom power supply disassembly....

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    Little? Looks like it weighs as much as me. As large scale as you are do you cut the copper out of the transformers or sell as is?

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    These babies will meet their maker at my hands. I will remove the copper.

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    Holy jeez those are big transformers! Well, biggest I've ever seen outside what they put up on the poles for power amplification/distribution.

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    I'd like to know what they came out of and you have got to post some more pics.

    Honestly, between you and Devin with his monster cbm, I'm experiencing some serious cbm envy.

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    Think how big the computer was they came out of!

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    Whats inside all those white ziptied bags?
    Baby telecoms? LOL
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    Telecom Embryos

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    Quote Originally Posted by spinroch View Post
    Telecom Embryos
    These babies will meet their maker at my hands.
    You are one sick puppy.. ROFLMAO

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    Breed the embryos. You'll make more money then!

    Congrats! That's a huge PSU!

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    I did one of those a few weeks ago and it was one HEAVY mother ! Took awhile to break it all down.Those transformers were most of the weight and I had a good bit of copper wire too !

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    More of the spinmeister's power supply breakdown....
    The big transformers weigh 155 lbs each - 2 per unit
    4 units total
    Next: I do the math on the transformer breakdown

    Spinroch - why?
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    just out of curiosity what do you do with the large blue capacitors..........I have seen them on ebay but never had any luck selling them myself........If you don't wanna share your trade secret that's cool but I am at a loss what to do with them

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    I'm going to try and sell them

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    Thanks spinroch
    That PS was FAR bigger than could be judged by the original photo.

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Size:  1.47 MBPics of the big transformer broken down...

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    Pushing that poor cardboard box to the max huh?
    Any plans for the big fuse?
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    I'm going to use it to keep up with current events

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    Follow the Copper Brick Road

    Today I broke down one of the mid sized transformers....
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