Dismantling a Monitor - Page 3

I just received a quote from a yard in PA, $10 per tube to take them off my hands, crazy.

Originally Posted by fnd5055

I just received a quote from a yard in PA, $10 per tube to take them off my hands, crazy.

Forget that, there's not that much copper in there to cover that.

@ cmhn: that's what I was saying. Freakin ridiculous

Na, I just leave the band on there, I think it's just tin anyway,,,

Yea that band is just tin, its glued on pretty good. If your not smashing the tubes then just leave it on there. To much of a pain in the butt to get off.

And the old saying; Now we know the rest of the story,,

Is there a trick to getting these pieces of aluminum off of this cheap brown board in the monitor? I keep breakin this thing.

If it breaks just keep on going. Most yards will accept the low grade boards broken, if they accept them at all. Once you have a nice pile of "dirty" heat sinks just take some time and clean all of the garbage off, i.e. transistors that are screwed to the heat sink, and the left over circuit board remnants. It really doesn't take very long for me to clean about 50lbs...maybe half an hour or less.

gotcha... the wire from the degaussing cable, would this be clean #1 or #2, and how do you determin the difference? most of my wire is insulated #2, and I usually dont bother trying to clean it. This is the first time I have delt with a litle bigger wire, not sure when this size changes from #2 to #1

If the degaussing cable is colored then check to make sure that it is not alum. But for the most part we get #1 clean copper if it is stripped and not varnished or colored. If it is colored its #2 clean at our yard. Most yards are different about what size they accept for clean copper. Our yard doesn't care as long as it is bare bright it goes as #1

really snodly ?? I've been putting it in my #2 bucket 'cause it's smaller than a pencil lead ? I better about that next time ! thanks

The tubes themselves are a hazard... they are the reason why company's charge to take them... there just isn't enough money in taking monitors for free to justify the cost of sending the tubes out to get melted...

Trying to do it yourself means that your dealing with a hazardous material. The EPA would love you for that,,,

Many companies are using an acid bath....I just watched a new video on it myself....This is supposed to remove the lead and make the glass safe again....Not sure how that works....They said once they wash it they have a toxic sludge that must be dealt with...seems like a lot of trouble when there are still companies buying leaded glass to make new CRTs.

Have you got a link to the video your talking about? I would be really interested.

For those of you in Jersey, NY, and N. Carolina, this company recycles CRT's. They were the first to recycle a CRT in the U.S. Maybe you could check them out? http://www.advancedrecovery.com/crtrecycling.shtml

They also have a place near Cicero IL.

Can you point one out in any of the pic's above? I'm not sure exactly what your talking about.
Or find a pic of one on google to post here,,,

are you talking about the yellow tape with copper in it ?

Mech. In the picture of the power supply it is just in back of the fan and Dee, yes it is often times yellow tape