TV coil thingie

[Ran440]

I opened one of these up a while ago and found out they have a copper coil inside. So I just started saving them. Took one to the scrap yard today. Figured they may not even know what they are. He did though. Cool. Asked him what they pay for them. 12 cents a lb. Doesn't sound right.
Anybody sold these lately? Prices?
Here is a link to a pic. Pretty hard to post a pic on this site.
http://news.webshots.com/photo/20730...63874629IGfqHT

[brandon]

i have one, it will go with my motors, $0.30 lb last time i took in motors.

[Mechanic688]

Yep we put them in with other small transformers and small motors from the computer fans and motors from cd/dvd drives we break down. took in about 75 lb the last time.

[Ry4nscr4p]

I've been saving mine up, with plans of stripping them. I figure the copper is better than small motors price.

[GeorgeB]

I've been saving mine up, I figure the copper is better than small motors price. I've devised a solution to breaking them apart fairly quickly...Lay them in a row in my driveway, put a 2x4 over them and back over the 2x4 a few times. Pull apart the copper from the mash and sweep up the rest.

Have you popped any tires doing that???

[heeroyue2002]

ive been throwing those away.

[GeorgeB]

ive been throwing those away.

never throw away money!

[Ran440]

Well in hind sight it looks like that's what I should have done. Thrown it away.
So I decided to weigh the one in the pic, dissect it, weigh the steel and copper and run the numbers. Well as it turns out I am now over $50 in the red. Used my bench vise to crush the part with the coil and got it out. Not much there. So I thought maybe there will be some more in the other part. Wow is that thing tough. I take that back. It's indestructible. Again using the vise to crush it I found myself needing a lever to exert more force. Well as it turns out it was just enough force to destroy the vise. D***. And to top things off the copper is actually copper ribbon. What a waist. I think I'll just take what ever they will give me for them.
http://news.webshots.com/photo/29314...63874629xIqWUy

[wavecrazed]

I take them to the vice. Put on some safety glasses and hammer on them on the anvil part of the vice. They peel apart by hand. That is where the money is at.

[TheHoss]

HMM.

I have about 500+ pounds of those thingers. My board buyer used to take my low grade with em still attached. Unfortunately, he wised up and told me to take em off. (Hey, take it where you can get it, right?)

So i spent a 6 pack goin through my pile of low grade. Knocked all of em off.

NOWWWW, i know what to do with them

I tried to break one apart a while back, but after i cut my hand (happens seriously about 5 times a day) i decided she aint worth it.

To the drawing board!

[eesakiwi]

Thats the one part of a TV that I gave up on, theres just too much resin in there, same with the ceramic part.

Theres hardly any copper, just a small coil floating in resin, even with burning the stuff off, first you have to remove the steel spring bit, then the ceramic part, burn all the resin off & in doing that it oxidizes the tiny amount of copper wire in there.

I'd rather put the time into scrapping the Ali heatsinks in the TV's, takes 66 to make 2Kg of Ali.

[Ry4nscr4p]

At first, I was mistaken and thought we were talking about the copper yokes on the back of the tubes....my pc didn't load the picture in the thumbnail. But I havn't popped a tire yet, I'm more concerned with driving into the scrap yard and dumping with all the stuff on the ground, been carefull (and lucky) so far.

[GeorgeB]

At first, I was mistaken and thought we were talking about the copper yokes on the back of the tubes....my pc didn't load the picture in the thumbnail. But I havn't popped a tire yet, I'm more concerned with driving into the scrap yard and dumping with all the stuff on the ground, been carefull (and lucky) so far.

If you are using a 2x4 for the yoke on the back of the monitor, why not, just simply use a hammer?

[newattitude]

Dang, my one yard I use said they cant do anything with them so I started busting the ferrite off and tossing the rest. I couldn't get one open with all that hard reson in them. so they are actually considered motors then?

[Mechanic688]

so they are actually considered motors then?

The technical term is a transformer. Our yard takes them with the small motors tho,,,

[redcrossnj]

Why is there white powder in them . There is in mine . Is it bad ? Havent got mine open yet

[Dumpster-Dee]

why do you want to open it.....did you ask your yard if they will take them as motors ?? If not throw them in your shred...save yourself some time and headache, red.

[Luner5]

Gotta agree with Dee. I knew there was copper in there, but it would not bust open with a 3 pounder. So, bigger hammer. After a few whacks with the 10
pounder I finally got to see the copper coil, partially, still embedded in some resin. Never did get it out. Not worth the the effort. Now they all go in with the
motors/xformers as soon as they are off the board.

[zakmattingly]

One yard I go to takes them as ballast at only 5 cents but then another yard takes them as electric motors at 25. I've put one in a press till it blew apart to see what was in there. Just a small mess of copper hard to harvest from the remnants. So they go with the other motors that aren't worth my time.