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wayne1956
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 06/17/2010 : 07:26:20
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For those that have been in the scrapping trade for a while, is there anything in televisions that make them worth scrapping?
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NiBullionCu
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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wayne1956
Penny Pincher Member
177 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2010 : 10:11:33
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| Thanks, looked at the thread it is looks like it might be more trouble than it is worth. |
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cptindy
Penny Hoarding Member
572 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2010 : 16:24:13
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Televisions have high voltage capacitors!
Be careful!
They can knock you accross the room even when not plugged in! |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 06/19/2010 : 10:29:10
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| True, one must be careful (I have been shocked once), but there is very good scrap value in TV's and especially computer monitors. Copper and Aluminium mainly. |
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specialbob
Penny Sorter Member
USA
56 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2010 : 00:59:38
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| question, how best do you ground the electric charge in a monitor or tv? i looked for videos on youtube and they seem to show some nutcase getting shocked instead. thanks! |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2010 : 10:53:25
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Originally posted by specialbob
question, how best do you ground the electric charge in a monitor or tv? i looked for videos on youtube and they seem to show some nutcase getting shocked instead. thanks!
Screw driver across the terminals. Make sure it is either insulated, or at least with a complete plastic handle. In other words, something metal with a non-metalic handle, hehe.
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 06/21/2010 : 08:28:12
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| I use insulated handled wire cutters. (WARNING, your mileage may vary) The time I got shocked I had hit something with a bare hand. |
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battlecat
Penny Pincher Member
152 Posts |
Posted - 06/21/2010 : 11:01:33
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Originally posted by cptindy
Televisions have high voltage capacitors!
Be careful!
They can knock you accross the room even when not plugged in!
I found that out when I was about 14 (when your curious enough to see how anything works), prying the flyback out with my bare hands shocking the crap out of me...yes it was unplugged.
Years later I was in vending machine repair and we were switching a monitor out of a golf game, and my boss made a homemade ground to pry the same piece out. Only it didnt work and I got shocked again....funny how you laugh the rest of the day. Either the current does something to your brain or your "shocked" your still alive |
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cpthnsolo
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