TV's are they really worth scrapping? - Page 2

Holy chit, Hoss, you coulda been killed !!!! Glad you weren't ! What a turd ! And turdette !!

Idaho has some real winners!

Glad you came out unharmed Hoss.

And turdette

What the H*LL is a turdette??? A new kind of candy bar???

So, pulled 5 monitors out of that abandoned sporting goods store. Was on a short time leash so I harvested all the good stuff out them in a half hour, leaving the CRT and the shell in the building. There was a sixth one, a big old Dell but when I ripped the shell off the entire thing had another shell of metal around it. Didn't have time to mess with it so I will go back and grab the whole thing. There are a lot of cables laying aroun also, video cables, phone cables, loud speaker etc. Need to check them out.

Originally Posted by fnd5055

So, pulled 5 monitors out of that abandoned sporting goods store. Was on a short time leash so I harvested all the good stuff out them in a half hour, leaving the CRT and the shell in the building. There was a sixth one, a big old Dell but when I ripped the shell off the entire thing had another shell of metal around it. Didn't have time to mess with it so I will go back and grab the whole thing. There are a lot of cables laying aroun also, video cables, phone cables, loud speaker etc. Need to check them out.

Did a big monitor like that last week, the inner shell is aluminum, also had 3 large circuit boards full of al. heatsinks and copper windings and 7 degaussing cables, 3 large and 4 small ones around each corner. Had fun with that one.

Thats funny, i literally JUST got done tearin the exact monitor yer talkin about down. I was extremely surprised to see the 7 degaussing cables. I mean, why would they put em in the corners? Was weird.

Originally Posted by part-timer

Did a big monitor like that last week, the inner shell is aluminum, also had 3 large circuit boards full of al. heatsinks and copper windings and 7 degaussing cables, 3 large and 4 small ones around each corner. Had fun with that one.

Those AL shells often times have several pieces attached that are maybe 2”x 4” with 4(?) fingers. Hit them with a grinder they are usually brass.

I must definitely go back and grab that one then. Learned a lot about time management on this site and another scrap blog. I was being very dainty with my harvesting which took me forever. I broke those 5 monitors down in no time with a hammer screwvdriver and garden shears. Thanks to all for the education. There are also a couple of big table top printers that I want to get out but I have read that printers aren't worth the time. Any thoughts? These are commercial grade printers.

there is a thread for that fnd.....just type in printers in the search bar in upper right corner and scroll down

Dee, I read through the printer threads already, which is where I read they weren't worth it, most of the time. Someone did write that the good lasers had boards and memory in them so i ripped off the back and voila! Boards and memory, that printer is now in my garage.

I learned fast from observing the forum to search first then ask.