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It it worth it to scrap a TV?
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Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:37 pmby knibloe
I have an old TV (10 years old) that I need to get rid of.
1. It there any value in scrapping it?
2. Is there any danger to doing it?
Re: It it worth it to scrap a TV?
Posted:
Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:04 pmby scrapper2010
There is a decent amount of copper and insulated copper wire inside. Be careful not to break the tube.
Re: It it worth it to scrap a TV?
Posted:
Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:21 amby psi
Capacitors with residual charge would be another possible danger, unless it hasn't been turned on for a good long time.
Re: It it worth it to scrap a TV?
Posted:
Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:20 amby knibloe
Thanks for the replys.
The TV has been off for several months.
I ended up breaking the point off of the tube in order to fit it into a garbage bag.
There were probably several lbs of copper in it.
Re: It it worth it to scrap a TV?
Posted:
Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:00 pmby AGgressive Metal
Anything salvageable besides the copper?
Re: It it worth it to scrap a TV?
Posted:
Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:14 pmby knibloe
There were wires, a circuit board, and the copper.
Inside the tube there was more metal, but I have heard that the tubes contain some nasty stuff (not sure if it is true or not), so I did not open the bag to see what it was.
All in all, I would not pick up a TV to scrap it because of the volume of non-salvagable stuff. This was one of my own, so I was worth it to get rid of it.
Re: It it worth it to scrap a TV?
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:17 amby glockngold
On large pickup weekends, fellas in my area will take a hammer and break open & pull up the back wooden panel of old console TVs & cut out the copper wire.
They just take the low hanging fruit.