Originally Posted by
Mechanic688
Floyd, on the tube tv's don't forget the degaussing wire and the "silver" wire down around the tubes that has springs. The silver one is tinned copper.
I have always sold this as aluminum.
Never once got copper for it. Perhaps there is a difference from one tv / monitor to another but I have done TVs for more than 3 years.
You also forgot that that there is a small amount of aluminum in some and some iron, and occasionally stainless.
If you get lucky there are some of the older monitors out there that are not only worth the time but pay well in materials. I have found some that were extremely heavy built and contained the following:
2.5lbs stainless
10 lbs iron / tin
3 lbs copper
0.5 Lbs #2 wire
0.5 lbs degaussing coil
4 lbs low-medium boards
Also the standard tube, plastic, etc.
The tube in this model was surprisingly light. Keep in mind these are RARE but do exist.
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