how do i tell the different grades of circuit boards
how do i tell the different grades of circuit boards
hello Timy i hope you have some thick skin ; ) haha
i think the first rule of thumb, although not carved in stone, is if they're brown or green, the green being the higher grade
Do some reading up, that's why we made a sticky out of it.
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ok thanks i am new at this so i have a lot to learn the circuit boards i get out of radios and vhs recorders crt monitors those are all low grade am i right
Most would be low grade. The brown boards are low grade which are what I have found in vcr's, tv's,crt's, vcr's and the like.
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Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
one thing you can also go by .. is if you can break da board it garbage...
second, If there is alot of IC's chips on them they are good stuff,
thrid if thier alot of transformer, its junk most of the time, but take pics and post if You've any question.
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bnbsfsd, I have to disagree with you. First of all no board is junk, they all have value. I don't know what you are saying " if you can brake the board it's garbage" I can brake a mother board and it'll still be a mother board. If a board has a lot of transformers it's more than likely a power board at .50#.
I would have to agree with Happy^^
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they don't have a power board grade here. If I look in and it isn't green, I use some slip-joint pliers to reach in and grab what transformers, heat sinks, and little copper windings are easily accessible, and then toss it, still attached to whatever it was in, into the shred
I'm just getting my scrapping business started and I'm trying to learn what i can. I have several boards that have come from tvs, vcr, washing machines, ect. Where would be a good place to look to see what to pull off so i can increase my profit potential? Pics would be very helpful if possible. Then where is the best place to sell these components and boards?
Ive done brown boards at highgrade price. But those suckers were very nice. One of those once in a blue moon item
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if the board is brown on one side and green on the other it is ultra high grade, keep an eye out for them =)
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Boards like the one on the right?
All tracings are gold plated.
Board from a business phone made in the 80's
http://s196.beta.photobucket.com/use...tml?sort=3&o=1
http://s196.beta.photobucket.com/use...tml?sort=3&o=0
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I was joking about the green/brown thing, most of them are low grade, but you have some of the exceptions. Actually chris what you have there is 2 high grade boards at approx $4 pound. And a low grade at 10 cents. The small high grade one, all of the traces under the green layer are also gold plated.
The mid sized board is plated under the green layer, the small board is not.
Not many of the business phones I work on are gold plated under the green plating. It seems to be more common with the small LCD boards although I have had some from the same model phone with and without this.
The board with no green coating is a keyboard from a Comdial telephone made in the USA in the 1980's
Chris
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