- Question about IC chips
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Was just wondering if these were considered IC chips or not. Googled IC chips and this was one of the pics. I've been saving them forever not knowing what they were. I've smashed a few and put the insides in with copper breakage but other than those I've saved them for a few years nownow
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Sorry, forgot the pic...
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IC is short for integrated circuit, which they are. Separate the plastic ones and the ones with the plated copper. The ones with the metal showing are worth more, but they are both worth saving up and sending to your ewaste buyer.
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That is either a transistor or a power regulator, ex. takes 12 volt down to say 5 volt. IC's are usually flat packs and have 4 legs or more.Originally Posted by BigJon
Sorry, forgot the pic...
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/e-was...ification.html
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Ok, thanks. Are they scrappable to e scrappers or would I just be better off adding them to the breakage pile?That is either a transistor or a power regulator, ex. takes 12 volt down to say 5 volt. IC's are usually flat packs and have 4 legs or more.Sorry, forgot the pic...
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/e-was...ification.html
With the transistors in the photo if you scrap the white/silver colored plating off the metal on the back you should see its copper. Mike
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Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
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There's a buyer of those here on the forum, I forget who though.
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http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...1-19-14**.html
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Awesome. Thanks guys. I just dumped 2 big coffee cans worth of them on the table. Probably gonna be a good couple hours worth of separating them from the IC's I have lol
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Been reading a little about power transistors. This is a power board that I believe came out of a battery backup I scrapped. It had 4 solid aluminum heat sinks and there were two power transistors bolted to each heat sink. These power boards usually have either 1 large heat sink or 3 or 4 smaller ones plus several transformers and some large capacitors. Without removing anything I get 20 cents a pound for these heavy boards but if I remove the heat sinks, transformers and large capacitors I get $1.20 a pound. I don't remove any transistors, IC chips or flatpacks because it can devalue the boards.
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Cool. Guess it'd be good to look in to how much value boards lose by taking them off. The buyer Mechanic shared link for pays .90 a # for the transistors. I've probably git a couple hundred I already smashed the black stuff off of to get to the copper inside. Weight from them adds up quick
Been reading a little about power transistors. This is a power board that I believe came out of a battery backup I scrapped. It had 4 solid aluminum heat sinks and there were two power transistors bolted to each heat sink. These power boards usually have either 1 large heat sink or 3 or 4 smaller ones plus several transformers and some large capacitors. Without removing anything I get 20 cents a pound for these heavy boards but if I remove the heat sinks, transformers and large capacitors I get $1.20 a pound. I don't remove any transistors, IC chips or flatpacks because it can devalue the boards.
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I believe he buys them whole though(might want to message him about it).
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I'm just scrapping the ones I smashed already as copper anyway. Still have over a couple hundred that have plastic on them, those will be the ones I'd be selling to him or another buyer
Shoot I had a board like that from a battery backup. I pulled everything of value off and threw it in low grade
Been reading a little about power transistors. This is a power board that I believe came out of a battery backup I scrapped. It had 4 solid aluminum heat sinks and there were two power transistors bolted to each heat sink. These power boards usually have either 1 large heat sink or 3 or 4 smaller ones plus several transformers and some large capacitors. Without removing anything I get 20 cents a pound for these heavy boards but if I remove the heat sinks, transformers and large capacitors I get $1.20 a pound. I don't remove any transistors, IC chips or flatpacks because it can devalue the boards.
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Usually a green/green board is worth a little more than low grade, unless it's empty.
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Here's part of the pile I had to sort lastnight lol. Took a good couple hours but got the transistors sorted from the IC chips
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oh wow, I have maybe a quarter of that lol. I find em alot in power supplies.
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Lol, that's 1 and a half bigger coffee cans worth. Still had half a can that wouldn't fit on there lol. Yea, I've got quite a few out of power supplies too
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