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I see at lot of Tv's on craigslist and everything and I have taken a few apart. however I would just break the tubes (usually with a .22 rifle) and I don't know if you should necessarily just break the tube because there is some sort of gas in them right? but if you don't break them then you have to dispose of the tubes somehow which would cost money I assume. so are you really getting enough from the TV for it to be worth while?
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The worst possible thing you could do is bust the tube, not because of the gas inside (its actually under vacuum) but because of the lead that is now leaching into your local groundwater that you and your family and hopefully not my family will be drinking. So no in your case it is not worth breaking them down. Take the time to read some of the older posts about how to safely and responsibly dismantle them there is money to be made.
Depending on where you live, some places will take them from you for free, some goodwill actually give you a receipt so you can claim your donation on your taxes.
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I can't even respond to the rest of your post. Please do not just break the glass. Dispose of it properly and responsibly or don't take them in the first place.Originally Posted by bigdog72
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
Brandon is correct. There is a list of threads at the bottom of this thread of related threads, start there. TV's are about the 3rd or 4th most written about item on the forum so please do some reading. Mike
"Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}
Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
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It is only worth breaking down tv's if you have a cost effective, environmentally friends place to dispose of the tubes. There are rumors of companies that pay for them, but i think its a secret because the first rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club. What i have heard about these companies is that what they pay is usually just enough to cover transport but that makes it worth removing the copper from the tv's. Do not ask mewho buys, because I haven't been able to find out.
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Check with your landfill as to what they take in terms of hazardous wastes. Here we are allowed to put them out with the trash, preferably unbroken. The glass in crts is also leaded. I am able to recycle 30% of the tv/monitor by weight, the tube and the stripped low grade board go in the trash. You need an electric screw driver with and extended bit, you can process these quickly without breaking them.
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Bigdog.
If you think theres gas inside the CRt tube...
You have a hell of a lot to learn & you have no idea of how dangerous what you are doing actually is.
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And some things never change. smfh..............
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look i get it theres no "gas" in the tubes however what i meant was there is something harmful in them and i shouldn't break them, if you looked how i worded it i said i WOULD break them i really only did like 2 before i got wiser, i'm no expert nor do i claim to be in any fields really so what seems like common knowledge to some of you i have never heard of before or understand completely
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bigdog72 check your local ordinances. I just found out you can put them in the trash here in Tucson AZ. Not that I do that, I send mine to Goodwill and they make a little on them.
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The answers to all your questions are here. Search the old threads. I've been away for awhile myself, but I can easily find several threads on t.v.'s Do some research on SMF and you will soon be on your way to becoming an expert in a few different fields. Good luck, my friend.
Last edited by skylinejack; 01-03-2013 at 05:34 PM. Reason: typo
There is a safe and easy way to scrap crt's. I do hundreds a month. Can't get enough actually but live in a state that provides a place to take them. I sure there's a thread somewhere on this forum that will instruct you. If not check out you tube. Mike the scrapper will probably have a video on it.
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