Storage of TVS outside..Good or Bad...or Dangerous??? - Page 2

lead, phosphorus, barium, mercury, beryllium, cadmium, etc.



missouri just fined an outfit for improper disposal and gave the owner jail time for it. wisconsin dnr can fine you, charge you and confiscate everything.

if you do a little research, you can find places that will take them for free as long as you give them the recycling credits. dell is doing a lot of that right now.

Used to take copper out of tvs and computer monitors until I discovered how much of an environmental hazard they are. Now I charge $5 per tv (less than the transfer station), then take them to Goodwill where they have a free recycle program.

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I have busted them at the yokes. Why would busting them at the band make them explode? What am I missing?

Its a weak link. Theres different glass in the front of the screen & the rear of the screen.
Because the glass is welded together when its hot, as its cooled down theres been different rates of contraction of the glass.
When its normal cold, theres a stressed band around the screen at the join.
Now, since the tubes under vacuum all that needs to happen is for something to break the tube at the join.

That causes it to break 360 degrees around the tube & then the vacuum takes over & tries to suck the fount of the screen inwards.
Then you now have pressure in two different directions, in & out, as the screen explodes/implodes it shoots out the finger sized shards of razor sharp glass, at high speed, for about 6+ feet.
Along with the shockwave it causes too.

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I have busted them at the yokes. Why would busting them at the band make them explode? What am I missing?

Busting then at the yokes will cause the glass to break there & the gas gets let in quickly. That kills the vacuum effect.
I'm hoping you mean at the rear of the coils etc, though I do see a lot busted just under the yoke.

I tap what I call the yoke assembly (rear most part that is a copper/ferrite cone) with a hammer to break the seal and let off the vacuum. Then I toss the yoke into the pile that gets further broken down at a later time.

Should I be doing it a different way?

Yeah Idaho, ya know that little "suction cup"? Take a pair of needle nose pliers, take the cup off. Then take an "all" or a screw driver, put it in the hole, use a hammer and pierce the thin metal layer. It'll "air" the tube. That's what i do, all day long.

Originally Posted by Filthy

WTH was that white ''light'' type flash? jeebus