My First Run to the Yard - 50 CRTs

I wanna know where in any crt monitor there is #1 bare bright. i think its a typo

I haven't broken down any degaussing cables yet. They sit in a garbage can staring at me. The yolks sit in their can and stare at me as well. I can't keep up with the amount if crts I've come across. I know yolks are #2 I assumed the cables were in fact #2 due to the thinness of the strands and the residue left from the tape. That is a question? Until I find a yard that pays 3$ I am not turning any #2 or BB in.

My yard gives me BB on stripped degausing cable too, don't know why and I'm not going to question them on it.

I'm sure it's just a lack of training on the yard workers here, my understanding is the same as yours - bare and bigger then a pencil lead. Whatever, they hose me on everything else, so I don't mind getting a few extra cents when I can.

anybody got a gauge size for a pencil lead ?

Dunemaul you are right single strand and thicker than #2 pencile lead is #1 copper. All the yards I use grade copper as #1 or #2 no bb as long as the copper is thicker than pencile lead has no sodder or heavy corrosion it is #1 @3.15 and #2 @3.05 #2 can have glue or strings attached dose not have to be cleaned. I never cut plugs off the cords unless they have gold pins, your cutting off wieght.

50 CRTs at $210 or $4.20 per CRT.

Let’s do some fuzzy math (you might want to double check me for accurancy) if all you did was take the CRT apart, cut the wires off and left everything else, including the copper transformers, Al, etc, on the circuit board, stripped the degaussing cable, took of the yoke and bashed it with a hammer (about 5-10mins worth of work per CRT).

#1 Bare Bright...32 lbs @ 3.15 (meaning you left the transformers and other copper on the circuit board leading you to loose some copper weight)
#2 Tubing/Bus Bar...12 lbs @ 2.65 (I assume this is just the copper from the yoke)
Wire...20 lbs @ 1.00
The rest is circuit board weight approximately 210 lbs @ .10

= $173.60

I think there is a lot to learn about applying the 80/20 rule to scrap. Meaning 80% of your returns will come from only 20% of the work.

My yard is 12 gauge or better for BB.

2.90 #1 2.80#2 here. Best I've found within driving distance is 3.00 for#1 but their #2 is $2.70. I'll keep hoarding. Maybe makin a trip with 500lbs will be worth it.

Originally Posted by Jeremiah

50 CRTs at $210 or $4.20 per CRT.

Let’s do some fuzzy math (you might want to double check me for accurancy) if all you did was take the CRT apart, cut the wires off and left everything else, including the copper transformers, Al, etc, on the circuit board, stripped the degaussing cable, took of the yoke and bashed it with a hammer (about 5-10mins worth of work per CRT).



#1 Bare Bright...32 lbs @ 3.15 (meaning you left the transformers and other copper on the circuit board leading you to loose some copper weight)
#2 Tubing/Bus Bar...12 lbs @ 2.65 (I assume this is just the copper from the yoke)
Wire...20 lbs @ 1.00
The rest is circuit board weight approximately 210 lbs @ .10

= $173.60

I think there is a lot to learn about applying the 80/20 rule to scrap. Meaning 80% of your returns will come from only 20% of the work.

I'm not sure it's a good idea to count on getting BB from the degausing cables. In my eyes it just doesn't meet the accepted description. It's great some of us get that rate on it, but I think it's more of a fluke than the rule. I'm also wondering about the original poster's 20 lbs of wire, seems low to me for 50 crts.

I just reread the original post. He says crt's, but no other info. For some reason I had monitors in mind, but his material could have been anything from old 10" tv's to 24" computer monitors. Lots of variations possible here. I know I get way better recovery from big old computer monitors than I do from a tv.