Dismantling a Monitor - Page 5

watch this video, the last 3 min show how they process the tube itself

the pictures are worth more than a thousand words to a old fart like me. Im so glad i found this group, im reading and viewing posts some 2 years old--and still learning tons of great stuff. Thanks all of u who post pictures along with your comments.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Some places you pay a little, other a lot to dispose of tubes.

thought I would re read this thread and brush up on yall's tips. I am lucky enough that the parish I live in said to toss them into same trash can as regular trash I just cant overload the can otherwise the mechanical arm that lifts the can will struggle. I do have a tip for peeps that are allowed to put in their trash can, oh as far as glass tubes in the can they said they separate it at a transfer station so as not to go to the dump.. my tip ill post somewhere or maby someone already has, 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.. I forgot to do that to a 36inch the other day and my wife heard it inside the house lol... anyhow that's yall for good advice I still have a question or to but im researching it maby ill get good answer from e waste buyer..

Originally Posted by fnd5055

Dee, I tried to take one apart but it was just several layers of tape wrapped around what appeared to be not that much copper. I will have to give it another look if you say it is worth it.

I found that some don't have much copper and found some of the same size have all kinds of nice copper it just depends but mostly when have nothing else to do then tinker.. have some 9 yr old neighbor kids that like to unwind that stuff for me lol..

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.

ferrite is powdered iron that has been fused together under pressure, it acts as a core to increase the magnetism from the coils ,like the core in a transformer. it goes in with the mixed metal around here. some places may pay more for it. think of it being made like a sintered bronze pilot bushing for a manual transmission back in the day.