Dismantling a Monitor - Page 5

Originally Posted by amfine

The ferrite in all transformers is recyclable. It is not ceramic. I keep it in a separate bucket--borken or whole. Once the bucket is full, I take it to the yard and get paid. It's metal!



As for the degaussing cable in black tape; most of the time it's #2 copper (orange/red not pink). Same as the tube cone copper.
My question is....that silver dust that flies around when you break the glass...it's lead????

Please don't break the glass, you are releasing phospher which is considered hazardous waste along with the lead. Here is the condensed version. The lead is in the front glass.

In a CRT, phosphor coats the inside of the screen. When the electron beam strikes the phosphor, it makes the screen glow. In a black-and-white screen, there is one phosphor that glows white when struck. In a color screen, there are three phosphors arranged as dots or stripes that emit red, green and blue light. There are also three electron beams to illuminate the three different colors together.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor

Welcome Powerplay, while your at it please go here; Introduce yourself

Then here, Thank you; Beginners Start Here - Metal Recycling Basics

Enjoy the ton of info that is here.

when scrappin a tube to lightly crack the neck as you know to let air in otherwise when the dump truck empties your can you get an explosion or implosion rather lol.

Also you can use a long phillips and where the suction cup for the high voltage wire goes into the outer section of the tube, put the screwdriver into the hole. You should be able to hit the screwdriver with the heel of your hand and drive it thru the inner layer of tube to vent it.

This remains one of my favorite threads on here as its one of the first threads I started reading on here when I first join.
I remember thinking this place is just like a scrappers bible and in a way it is. I learned so much from reading here!

Originally Posted by silversurfer

In Australia, the Federal government subsidises city and shire councils to take monitors from the public for free! It has been great to scrap heaps of them for metals and then I put the backs on the tubes and drop them at the nearest waste depot.

"for free!" nothings for free, just no out of pocket cost to the individual who drops them off. Mike

Ferrite chokes sell pretty well on E-bay in a lot. Especially the split ones that snap together.

Ferrite Choke Lot Split Solid Large Small Assortment | eBay

That is a lot better price than shred.