Broken e-scrap?

Originally Posted by ggariepy

So it's fair to say that you can remove heatsinks, transformers, coils, etc., from the "low grade" boards inside CRT monitors without totally destroying the value of the "low grade" board itself? What about "high grade" boards?
I've been looking through SMF all day trying to figure this out, as I stripped down five monitors yesterday.
What about the ferrite cores of the monitor yokes? Is that material of interest to scrapyards? Or do I just toss it?
Finally, I'm seeing some braided silver metal material surrounding the CRT in a mesh. I thought it looked like aluminum wire, but I think I'm reading that this is in fact another copper alloy? If so, I may be throwing a bunch of copper out... :confused:

Any tips much appreciated. Reading and googling...reading and googling...but still not 100% where I want to be with my knowledge yet.

--Geoff

Your on the right track trying to find the proper answer. A lot of yards will buy the low grades for .05 to .20 a lb so some guys just throw them in the shred pile. I usually just pull the transformers, chokes and coils, heat sinks, and wire. And any gold legged transistors in older ones.

The ferrite core's always goes in the steel bucket.

The only things I pull off high grade boards is the usual (cpu, ram, cards, large heat sink,) or if there's something special your buyer wants removed. if you go jerking all kinds of stuff off then you have downgraded that board to a mid grade worth about .70 a lb.

The silver coated wire is tinned copper and the little clips are brass but my yard will take it as is, I don't have to clip them off.