Classify this board please

[takenbyvultures]

Would this be considered brown board, low grade board, or what? value per/lb?
It's tan on one side and green on the other. Came from vintage audio/video units.
Thanks

P1030730 by Praxis Recycling, on Flickr


P1030731 by Praxis Recycling, on Flickr

[eesakiwi]

I get the impression that..
If theres gold on the board & lotsa small chips, pref with the window, its 'High grade'.
If theres lotsa chips & some have windows (see thru hole in the chips top) & most can be pulled out, its 'med grade'.

If theres full size resisters, not many chips, none with windows & the boards brown & old, ITS 'Low grade' & unless you have ~ like 100Kgs of it or more, its worthless.

The stuff in the pics? I cut the wires & Ali heatsinks & big transistors off & dump the rest.

We don't have escrap buyers here & I don't get much of it anyway, I save anything with gold on it for the day when I will get in & recover it.

[Mechanic688]

Looks like low grade to me, I don't see any gold pins and/or gold fingers.

[takenbyvultures]

Yeah, there's not really any gold fingers/pins, it mostly looks like capacitors,resistors, and such. So I should throw it in low grade bin? Thanks for the responses

[PartTimeScrapper]

Yeah I would agree with the low grade rating. $.05 here in denver. Worth more to throw it in with the shred.

[takenbyvultures]

Well that's a bummer, thanks for the info.

[Mechanic688]

The average price for low grades run .10-.15 lb, the highest I heard of was .25 lb ( over in eastern Ind.) before everything tanked. Just pull the alum heatsinks first, didn't see any transformers.

[takenbyvultures]

The transformer was separate, it weighed about 8lbs alone. They came from old JVC VHS recorders, each unit weighed about 40lbs and was not much bigger than a normal vcr, lots of boards and metal framing. Was still hoping the boards were worth more than brown board junk prices.

[Mechanic688]

The key in a lot of cases is if the item your breaking down has memory. Even some printers with the memory card slots have some gold on them.

[Filthy]

...if the item your breaking down has memory...

great point

[scrap lap]

The key in a lot of cases is if the item your breaking down has memory. Even some printers with the memory card slots have some gold on them.

Also, remember to cut out the gold contacts that touch the ink cartridges in most new printers. They are light, but they are gold.

[Scrap man]

The average price for low grades run .10-.15 lb, the highest I heard of was .25 lb ( over in eastern Ind.) before everything tanked. Just pull the alum heatsinks first, didn't see any transformers.

$.28 at it's peak here in NY

[Ewasted]

Also, remember to cut out the gold contacts that touch the ink cartridges in most new printers. They are light, but they are gold.

Some of the gold "pins" have gold that can't be reclaimed it is so thin. This is why we don't buy pin scrap any more... burned one too many times

[Mechanic688]

Some of the gold "pins" have gold that can't be reclaimed it is so thin. This is why we don't buy pin scrap any more... burned one too many times

In the case of that, I would just throw them in with the cut connector ends. Would that work,, E ??