Although there is plenty of room for error here, I have been wondering the value of breaking down a power supply vs selling whole. At my local yard, I know that removing the wiring bundle alone will take a hefty chunk off the value of the remainder of the power supply.
To see how this would turn out, I weighed a random power supply, and after break down will see what my approx value is. Currently my yard buys them for .29 cents whole.
My scale is accurate to .5 oz, so there will be some discrepancies on the small weights like the transistors. Later, I will weigh each and see if it beats the price my yard would pay whole.
Ok, starting weight is 3lbs 5.5oz
Cover off
wiring trimmed ready to go in the #2 insulated bin
Couple aluminum heat sinks (extruded maybe?)
Here is the low grade board with all the goodies removed.
A few transistors
All of this is going in my shred bucket
Stuff going in the motors pile
Number 2 copper
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