I still find them all the time in the trash. You can get a lot of copper from one. With new flat screen TVs, when do you think the supply of picture tube televisions will dry out?
New Guy
I still find them all the time in the trash. You can get a lot of copper from one. With new flat screen TVs, when do you think the supply of picture tube televisions will dry out?
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When you figure that out, let the state and federal governments know. Seriously, they're passing and changing laws trying to encourage people to get rid of them. There must still be thousands out there. I've hauled over 100 just this year to a HAZMAT disposal site where they accept them for free from schools (where these came from). I've got another 10 or so waiting for a full pickup load.
edit: Sorry, you specified TVs. I pass on TVs as they're usually aluminum windings. Computer CRTs are always copper.
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I broke down a 52" flat yesterday. There ain't "didly squat" in one. Two nice little gold trimmed boards, a brown board and "maybe" 1/4 ounce of wire.
"Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know WHY I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and all of those roads weren't paved"-Will Rogers
yeah I only buy them for resale I loose money if I scrap them .plasma tvs tho usually have a solid alum frame so make sure you check them
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Don't buy them unless it's part of a deal these days, an before I would pay like 5 for 20 if that. Usually people hand'm to me for free, I still deal with them when folks in my network drop them off or their the ones with them sexy DLP/DPL..gah! chips. lol. An I expect there are still hundred of thousands out there despite whats been recycled. Not everyone has a flat screen or wants one. Not to mention season rentals like on my sandbar, some folks keep the tube TV's cause they don't want to put in the upgrade, or folks who rent them don't care, cause their at the beach, for sun, swim, fish, etc.
I mean at one point there was 2.93 tvs per home back in 95 also the highest period of TVs in a home.
CARPE DIEM: More TV Sets (2.93) Than People Per US Household (2.54); Average TV Sets Per Home Sets New Record Interesting facts there. Though they don't separate tube vs flat.
Anyhow that's my thoughts, I could be wrong the number left out there, but I see no shortage of them.
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In my area there's a guy that post on Craigslist. He pays $15 each for flat screen TVs with broken screens. He also pays $30 for flat screens with good screens. Nothing for tube TVs.
Thornton Scrapper
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What about all the sheet iron? Lots of shred weight in those 50+ InchersOriginally Posted by grouchyolddude
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Oooops.....yea, I did forget to mention the 50 cents worth of tin
I called all the local repair shops 'n no one was interested. Told me you could buy a brand new one for what a new screen would cost. I thought some one might be interested in it for other parts, but nooope.
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I have seen a few CRT monitors with the aluminum degaussing coils. Not very common, but it does happen. I'm not sure, but I seem to recall that they come out of Dell monitors from time to time. I've just recently started to pass on TVs now in favor of monitors.
To the OP, I have been wondering myself when the CRTs will start to dry up. I'm sure it will happen eventually and am prepared for if and when that happens. I think.
New Guy
I don't see an end in sight for them...not anytime soon anyways. We've gone through 13.5 million lbs of TV's/Monitors this year and they are still piling up.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Just wondering, is this guy close to northwest Ohio?
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