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wayne1956
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 05/07/2010 : 21:28:01
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Will yards take electronic equipment like copiers, cpu's, stereo equipment, etc?
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messymessy
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 05/08/2010 : 18:52:02
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| I've never found anywhere that will pay you for it. I've found some places that will accept electronic equipment. Most places you have to pay to properly dispose of monitors or TV's. |
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wayne1956
Penny Pincher Member
177 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2010 : 21:40:35
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| I did not figure on messing with monitors or TV's, figured primarily CPU's, and larger copiers if I come by them. |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 05/09/2010 : 16:51:07
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| Yard by me will take cpu's. I've seen all kinds of electronic stuff in the steel pile. But you are right on the TV's and monitors don't mess with them. |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2010 : 18:53:29
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| Monitors have a good bit of copper in them. They're one of my favorites for stripping. Where I live you can set them out with the trash as long as you don't go overboard. Same with TVs. |
Are you throwing that out? |
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cpthnsolo
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 05/11/2010 : 10:15:08
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| Lately I've been finding a lot of monitors on the side of the road that have had their neck broken off so the yoke can be removed. There's quite a bit of copper in the typical yoke so they're worth saving however it should be noted that you need to be careful. CRT's are capacitors and can shock you with enough force to knock you off your feet. Always discharge them first before stripping them. You can do so with an HV probe but most people use a long screwdriver with an alligator clip attached to the screwdriver and the other end attached to the monitor frame. Youtube has videos showing you how to do it. |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2010 : 20:50:13
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| On most monitors you can loosen two clamps, and slide the yoke off with no problem. Also there is a wire that runs around the big end that is copper. Some of them are quite fat. I also pull the circuit board and nab any transformers and AL heat sinks. For time spent per copper recovery, it's hard to beat a Computer Monitor. |
Are you throwing that out? |
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bio_haz
New Member
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Posted - 05/12/2010 : 00:11:00
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I have been scrapping a bunch of older printers lately, and they are not too hard to get apart, but don't have much but steel and some copper/wires in them. The great thing about them though is if you have a Staples or Office Depot they take the ink cartridges for $3 each in rewards, basically in store credit. Most older printers have 2, a black and color cartridge, but newer ones can have more or separate color tanks.
Staples lets you turn in 10 a month, we don't have an Office Depot, but it says they take up to 20 a month. Staples also takes toner cartridges from laser printers for $3 each.
I have also scraped computer cases and metal parts from power supply's and cd drives for scrap metal with no problems as long as you remove most of the plastic, but I don't know if that even matters much or not. |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2010 : 19:04:00
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| My yard is pretty good about it as long as there are no circuit boards. |
Are you throwing that out? |
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messymessy
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 06/06/2010 : 10:53:42
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| I found a place close to me that will buy old computers by the pound. They pay $.15 or $.30 (sorry, can't remember) per pound for the whole computer or will pay more if you separate parts. I can't remember all the prices, but the ones that stick out are $9 a pound for memory and $3 a pound for motherboards and cards. They also buy hard drives, floppy drives, cd-rom drives, and power supplys. If anyone is interested, I'll see if I can find their whole price list. |
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