Free Copper - Copper Bar from an old TV

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Free copper can still be found in old crt tv's, here I picked up one off the side of the road, took it home to scrap out all the copper components and melt it down into a copper bar.
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If your just in it for the scrap copper then melting it down is not needed, but I like copper bars so as a hobby thing this is what i'm doing.

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@2011thekaj 7 жыл бұрын

thats about $4 Australian.. for ten mins work , five tvs in a hour . thats $20 a hour.. easy money .. a days work bringing in $150 to $200 .. there is so much scrap in my hood.. im working from home from now onwards .. and I got five little helpers .. I see $$$ .. easy money.. thanks ben .. great video..

@adamchornesky8330 7 жыл бұрын

We need more people like Ben to clean up the environment.

@BGTech1 3 жыл бұрын

I take it to the next level. I get stuff and I fix the stuff not scrap it

@Bennerscrap 5 жыл бұрын

I just paused this video halfway through, looked on FB Marketplace for a free TV, contacted the seller, picked up the free TV, and took it apart just like you did here. It took me about five minutes to strip the main parts down, and now I have a lot more copper thanks to you. Great video, Mate: keep up the great work!

@kym393 7 жыл бұрын

Bloody beauty, the neighbours have 3 TVs! And they're not home! I'm off to get me some copper!!

@JaegerTheBaker 6 жыл бұрын

I doubt that they would care if you took their trashed TVs.

@kym393 6 жыл бұрын

Trashed??

@Laffy1345 6 жыл бұрын

Mr Bandog hahaha...in the house right😉😂😂😂😂

@timothyshows2374 6 жыл бұрын

this made me lol for real. a big red beard large man chuckling like santa haha

@corystreat8037 6 жыл бұрын

KEEP IT GOING BEN!!!!!! Anyone who don't get ( Screw them)! I find what you are doing to be so very rewarding and you have opened up a new wonderful world to me!!!! Thank you very much

@theCidisIn 7 жыл бұрын

"If you pick it up, it's your responsibility." Good on ya bro.

@berriaskmelater8096 7 жыл бұрын

what's nice about this is the fact the copper is salvaged, rather easily. watch one of the shows on how copper is extracted from land, how it's processed, how long it takes to get very little and it's just a matter of time when it's going to be cheaper to pay for reclaimed ingots from recyclers. i do property maintenance and every time i have to go 'trash out' a house after tenants have moved, there's usually about $50 USD in plain metal scrap and 3 TVs left behind. for the TVs, (200 lbs worth) it paid about $10 but california law says you can only recycle 3 per calendar year. at one point, i had 20 TVs sitting here until i finally took them to an E-Recycler Pick Up point. between TVs, old computers, printers and various other electronic devices, i may start reclaiming gold and copper myself. thanks for the video, mate =) oh... and you should probably wear gloves too xD lol - b -

@thelostone7404 7 жыл бұрын

I used to dismantle CRTs at an old job, and out of the thousands of them I dismantled, only 2 ever shocked me. The chances of getting shocked are miniscule, you are absolutely right! This video was a trip through memory lane for me, thanks!

@jacksonblack9408 7 жыл бұрын

usually only a shock hazard if you try testing the tv to see if its working, and then dissassemble it immediately before the bleeder resistor has done its work

@karmakittenz69 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, ton of negative comments. don't like it, don't do it. I thought it was cool.

@Rhyno186 7 жыл бұрын

Still better safe than sorry and check to make sure the coil and capacitors get grounded out before handling. It's simple enough to do, just wrap a bare wire around the shaft of a screwdriver, and ground the other end. Go through and tap everything metal inside the unit with the tip of the screwdriver (make sure the screwdriver has a plastic handle and you don't touch the shaft). My coworker just got zapped the other day while working on an arcade video game cabinet, so the danger is still out there. No permanent damage done, thankfully, just a pretty painful burn on his finger tip and a big goose-egg when he hit his head jerking back from the shock.

@williamgarrett9479 6 жыл бұрын

Good job reclaiming used metals. we need more people like you.

@TheTorkerman 7 жыл бұрын

I love how excited you are after the pour, cool vid Ben, thanks

@humbledeer 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Ben, The little black caps, with the silver contacts.. They're relays! The copper spools are the solenoid coils for attracting the contacts so they touch. :) The same looking caps, a little later on, but sealed; They're probably Y-Capacitors.

@brucey39 7 жыл бұрын

Here in Auckland NZ we use to have the inorganic rubbish collection once a year .The streets were lined with gold lol , well almost. I used to scrap about 80 to 100 TVs and monitors a year amongst other electronics . Made some good coin and had breaking them down to a fine art .

@stinknut762 5 жыл бұрын

I like you. Find something you like to do that also makes you money. Then, Show yourself on KZfaq having a good time making money whilst making money on the video. Finally, watch the haters comment, adding more popularity to your video. Thereby making you more money.

@beingabetterman7080 5 жыл бұрын

Mate! Watched this from my saved list for the second time and right at the end you explain more than anything why we do stuff in our sheds!!!! Congrats mate: you’re a legend! Keep doing stuff cos it makes you happy!

@472453 7 жыл бұрын

The 'screen'/tube/CRT itself is the capacitor that can hold a high voltage charge, so it is always advisable to momentarily ground the CRT's high voltage terminal before working on the unit. That's the thingy with a suction cap looking thing found on the side of the tube. Voltage can be 20kV to 50kV even if the "'auto discharge unit" is in circuit. Generally though these bleeder resistors are found in the focus supply but not in the anode of the tripler unit of the flyback. Designs of the flyback or HT unit can vary but always discharge the tube before working on.

@TheSKINNMAN 7 жыл бұрын

Very good. All the laughing people make is stupid. I lived four four years scraping things. Couldn't find a job Started scrapping to buy tools I needed to start a construction company. People laughed at me if time. Screw them. Now it's all good. Past 7 years been In business in Oklahoma building Homes. But I still save scrap. Never hurts to have some money danced up for rainy days. Keep up the good work. Peace

@Laffy1345 6 жыл бұрын

TheSKINNMAN hey, which part...I live in OKC....I'm still scrapping for fun.

@joannamonroe6208 6 жыл бұрын

at the very least, as recycling isnt important or a main way people keep getting more consumables. forget about any landfill issue 😘😇

@votered2677 7 жыл бұрын

I do remember back in the 80s when I was a kid, and curious about how things worked. I tore down an old 25 inch t.v. and got bit by that damned yoke. It gave quite a jolt!

@GF_Burke 7 жыл бұрын

Nice bro. I love pouring copper and brass. I use waste motor oil here. That top part, was due to slag. It's normal.

@timothypatnaude7364 7 жыл бұрын

It isn't about the money . It is most likely an excuse for time to get away from the wife and kids . LOL Us guys need our peace and quiet time .

@5thDragonDreamCaster 6 жыл бұрын

I took apart one of the really old CRTs, and when I cut two large red wires next to each other, electricity arced across them from a few seconds. It made a bright lighting arc.

@olechuga2 7 жыл бұрын

eWasteBen. Sir, great recovery. Although I personally have never tried this idea, to "clean" the finished product --> mix a solution of Armor's baking soda, vinegar and water, to clean the bar. Solution amounts are unknown by me, however, you can find these proportioned amounts in youTubing "what you can do with baking powder". A lot of work performed, and a nasty cut, however, a job well-done from a "free" TV. GREAT job, indeed!

@tomnovak7731 7 жыл бұрын

But one thing he didn't expound on was the cost to dispose of the husk of the TV, CRT and all, at a recycling center. that could negate the gain on the whole project by itself.

@pxpin89 6 жыл бұрын

Its usually free to recycle >_> at least it is in my town.

@TIMLASHLEY 7 жыл бұрын

that pitting is caused from the slag that popped into the mold almost at the end of the pour maybe next time pour off the slag first or dip it out it will be what's on the top but very nice pour... it's about 92% pure at this point being the slag is in there

@lugaruna 7 жыл бұрын

you can use heated Lemon juice to get rid of the leftover borax :) im a goldsmith student and i use it to get rid of the borax after im done soldering it works perfect:) you can put it in a Chocolate fondue set with a little candle underneath:)

@codycan2495 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Value doesn't matter. Keep doin what you love and lovin what you do.

@bantalee2002 7 жыл бұрын

Some of those small spools of copper have some very nicely braided copper on them. I have been saving them for a copper jewelry project that my daughter and i have.

@alancotterill2750 7 жыл бұрын

That discharging lead as you call it is the HT output from the fly back transformer! Its the CRT that stores that high tension voltage like a capacitor after the tv is switched off/unplugged. I know as I have been zapped by one as a kid when I accidentally chopped through the wrong cable! The charge will leak away over time and more modern TVs will have a better way of discharging them but it is incorrect to say that post 1975 tvs do not hold a charge! If it has recently ben unplugged, its madness not to discharge the crt by sliding a grounded flat screwdriver blade under the HT insulation sucker you have in your hand.

@MrVeryCranky 6 жыл бұрын

He's a prime candidate for the Darwin awards with his misinformation and bullshit descriptions of items. Automatic discharge, what absolute crap !

@MrGoatflakes 7 жыл бұрын

The main electrocution risk from old TVs isn't from the charge built up on the tube, it is from the large electrolytic capacitors in things like the power supply and the flyback circuit. Now most designs have a bleed resistor to slowly discharge these things, but they can fail or not be present, and can store a lethal amount of charge. So it is best to test each leads of the large caps with a multimeter set to the kilovolt range and referenced to the chassis and treat exposed traces and wires as a shock hazard until you do so.

@MrGoatflakes 7 жыл бұрын

Also I have with my own eyes seen a guy, an electronics repair apprentice literally thrown across the room by one of these caps in a mid 80s TV. Admittedly it had just been turned on, but it was unplugged at the time. But it is not a myth as you suggest.

@MrCowboy1492 7 жыл бұрын

What a great artist you are!!!!!!!! Love your enthusiasm

@nerocon 7 жыл бұрын

The potential for shock is not the capacitors or residual charge alone. The caps can be partially charged by the tube via static so a discharged system can become partially charged at any time unless fully disconnected as you do, or attached to ground while working on it. Any sane tech while repairing old tube style tv's will ground off the charge then attach a true ground to the tube and leave attached until work is done thus constantly grounding off any build up. Since you are totally dismantling the TV, you don't have to worry about this and hence why you have never seen it.

@DaltonWSloan 7 жыл бұрын

The pits on top are from all the impurities collected by the Borax.

@AMBOSS_Silesia 7 жыл бұрын

Don't know if anyone has already told why you have your bar so porous so here we go: molten copper has pretty awful ability to dissolve hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen in itself (all are in the air, obviously, and get sucked into the bar when it's still liquidish) and that makes copper really bad choice for casting, as you really can't cast any details. But! If you cast it in some neutral atmoshpere (argon f.e.) or with proper (dead tight, nonporous with proper shape) mold and lots of flux (like min. 40% of total weight so it can create thick, tight layer on top) it is possible to make some nice casting. :) Great job on taking this copper out, it's pretty decent amount. Regards! Greg

@bhamonion6114 7 жыл бұрын

I agree Greg. It is like MIG/TIG welding that uses a inert gas to seal the area from contaminates found within the air.

@AMBOSS_Silesia 7 жыл бұрын

Lee George Yup, just like that type of welding. Some companies are also casting copper in a vacuum, but it's too expensive for a mere mortal.

@eshvartz 6 жыл бұрын

Seen quite a few videos of people melting stuff. I love how you don't forget the environment. Good luck with what you do :)

@PapiDoesIt 5 жыл бұрын

eWaste Ben took the rest of the Sony to the eWaste bin. Glad to see all that copper going to good use.

@MysteryD 7 жыл бұрын

Not a myth. When I was a kid in the 90's, while attempting to repair a TV, I pulled back that little rubber discharge cap and got the zap of my life. From a TV that had been unplugged for almost a week!

@bugbomb8048 7 жыл бұрын

ComputerNoises yes some capacitors don't have bleed resistors and will hold a charge until you end up being the bleeder

@MysteryD 7 жыл бұрын

I was the bleeder. I felt the shock from my fingertips to my shoulder

@keithlejeune9157 7 жыл бұрын

Your suppose to skim off the dross off the top before you pour into the mold.

@pither1243 6 жыл бұрын

GatorKeith you're

@LemmyA.D Жыл бұрын

Man, @ewasteben i love this channel. I binge watch this stuff and seeing how excited you get over the copper bar made my day. Legend

@BrainFix000 7 жыл бұрын

G'day Ben, thanks for the vid. Just an FYI, those copper spools found all over the PSU Board (19:38) are called 'Inductors' and the rectangular plastic covered ones (24:52) are 'Relays'. There are vids on KZfaq with good descriptions. You got a great result in the end. This home foundry stuff is really interesting, it's something I didn't think could be done that easily until recently. If I had watched this when all the CRT's lined the street a few years back (remember the Gov's $1000 GFC bonus) I would have loved to give it a try. Have a good one

@gordthor5351 7 жыл бұрын

There are also built in safety factors to drain large capacitors,yet I have worked on faulty units (maybe a similar state to a broken TV),where the caps did NOT drain until I repaired it. Good thing I checked the caps before I assumed the bleed resistors would automatically do their job. It takes 2 seconds people,always check first.

@robertbailey9242 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!

@MrPottymouth122 7 жыл бұрын

eWaste Ben: Did you get that entire 1 kilo bar harvest from just one old CRT? Most people don't understand that it's not really about the monetary value of the harvest at all... it's about having fun cooking metal!

@eWasteBen 7 жыл бұрын

yeah one tv, yeah many are missing the point, you can't just go out and buy copper at scrap value to play with

@stinkycheese804 7 жыл бұрын

To answer your other post, plumbers leave behind scraps smaller than they think they can make use of later, not big pieces, so not much at a time, but it's a heck of a lot less work per ounce than taking apart consumer electronics. As far as buying scrap copper, I live near a major metropolitan area and there are about 30 different salvage and recycling businesses within 50 miles (most within 20mi.) that I could buy copper from. "Most" that buy it, will also sell it at a slight profit. That is in midwest USA, your location may differ. Then again I could just advertise in the local electronic newspaper classifieds (aka Craigslist in the US) and offer more than the going rate from a scapyard which is presently around USD$2.10 for grade 3 copper.

@JustSomeGuy1000 7 жыл бұрын

I definitely want to try this out. It'll be funny to show up to the recycle place with nothing but copper bars lol

@MrCowboy1492 7 жыл бұрын

Wow I you joy at the end. What a beautiful beautiful bar of copper! I have watched many KZfaq postings but I haven't enjoyed an more than I enjoyed this one. Makes me want to go find an old tv, get one of those smelters. I really identify with the laughter you feel at the end. Thank Q, Thank Q.

@edgeuvchaos 7 жыл бұрын

"That's not a knife...that's a knife."

@bestbroseph1258 7 жыл бұрын

my dad used to work on these and seeing the carelessness you handled the tv scared me a bit. the main ground cord from the screen can bite ya real good.

@joZeizzle 7 жыл бұрын

joseph robinson I've been scrapping TVs for ages and never got shocked. Just have to be cautious and remember it's a possibility.

@smallredbox 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent looking bar you got there, looks nice and even

@thomashanson1574 6 жыл бұрын

The rough top surface is called reticulalation as this surface cools quicker than the core of the ingot. you can heat up a sheet of copper causing a molten puddle and blow a stream of air with a soda straw and you're able to control the texture. l use process with zinc and press wet rag paper into texture. The results are very beautiful to my eye. Thanx for the demo. Both TVs and microwave oven have always spooked me.l

@simplifygardening 7 жыл бұрын

2.2lbs ben. great pour mate

@caseywatkins4353 6 жыл бұрын

UK Here We Grow just get a job as an electrician..... I just scrapped copper and aluminum from work givin to me and got 377 dollars

@Batmanderp38 6 жыл бұрын

UK Here We Grow it’s a small bench top smelter but it does the job.

@RinksRides 6 жыл бұрын

Don't let this guy mislead you. A CRT that size (if in fact it held it's charge) is THE most lethal capacitor you will come across! Most can contain 10's of Joules worth of energy! You just need to properly discharge them with a grounded screw driver (grounded to flyback transformer ground or the other lead coming from the CRT tube itself) and one handed sliding the screwdriver under that big electrode boot until you hear the spark. You can ground the screwdriver with a alligator lead or some scrap wire wrapped round it. A tube that size charged up (like if you plugged it in and tried to turn it on to see if it still worked) can hold enough VA to stop your heart DEAD!

@Centar1964 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have never heard of a high resistance discharge path for any CRT.....ALWAYS discharge CRT's before handling....I know from experience...I once got thrown back 6 feet on my ass and a bashed up hand from a arcade style CRT (Used to repair them back in the day)......white as a ghost checking my heart beat to see if it was still going, which was sorta stupid because if it wasn't I wouldn't be able to check it...;-) Feels like you got hit across the chest with a baseball bat...not fun at all. Oh and discharge them 2 or 3 times, as I have noticed they sorta build up a charge again after the 1st discharge spark....I sometimes get 3 sparks, each one less powerful, before it's dead. I hated CRT's, glad to see them going away.

@yuwish6320 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct.

@MrEkg98 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct. I wish they would still make CRT for specialty uses. Lots of classic arcade games will no longer be able to be repaired unless you replace the monitor with a LCD.

@annelieseocallaghan801 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful point, very sensible.

@AndRamons 5 жыл бұрын

Depends how long time ago tv was turned off. Charge need time to disappear. CRT need at least few days to loose charge.

@luisbonillag6228 6 жыл бұрын

Very good information , he makes it clear about how to dispose of the TV after removing the copper and aluminum . .... Be responsible not Fulcher by leaving a carcass out on the side of the road . He also waits to get enough copper to take in to scrap yard and loose copper wire as well... Maybe a small amount but it all ads up after 20 - 30 TV's

@jeffreyyeager1398 6 жыл бұрын

I also have many a circuit boards from old tv's. Wanting to do the same. Don't have a foundry, Crucible or mold yet. It's nice to see how other people do their scrapping of TVs and such. Hope to get a good collection copper so I can get me that Foundry mold and Crucible. Then I can do more TVs and such. I also enjoy doing that kind of thing in my spare time keeps me out of trouble keeps me busy teaches my kid how to recycle things plus I get a little extra money on the side. Great video mate.

@trevormangus7832 7 жыл бұрын

It's not the copper it's the views on the tube that's where the $$ is at

@sciarico 7 жыл бұрын

After you pour into your mold, and while the copper is still molten, skim the surface quickly in one or two swipes and you will have a much better finish when it is cool.

@torkdork69 6 жыл бұрын

That's naught a knife, this is a knife. Crocodile Dundee the master scrapper. Nice work mate.

@americanrebel413 7 жыл бұрын

awesome video! Thank you Ben for sharing!

@xzysyndrome 7 жыл бұрын

You know, a box cutter works great for stripping large gauge wire ;) One slice down the middle...peel it like a banana.

@goldbunny1973 7 жыл бұрын

You and that bar of copper should get a room lol..

@MichSignMan 5 жыл бұрын

I love hoarding and collecting copper very much..... I don't have a lot of money, so instead of getting gold caps on my teeth, I got copper! They turn green awful easy, but If I brush them with Hydrochloric Acid, my smile is as breathtaking as a new copper penny :)

@D__T_____ 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful bar mate, lovely to see it

@ghostfox3560 7 жыл бұрын

The slag. That ugly crattered looking part is where the slag settled after the pour.

@thresholdseven8942 7 жыл бұрын

All these silly fucks in the comments thinking that he did this for profit... He's a hobbyist. Some people like to do shit just for fun. You should try it out sometime, doing something just for fun, even if it costs you money. It's quite exhilarating.

@aaronthobaven1939 7 жыл бұрын

Also great for getting metal for people who like forging copper makes awesome accent inlays

@AMBOSS_Silesia 7 жыл бұрын

Indeed Aaron, indeed. :)

@Chaosium 6 жыл бұрын

> It's quite exhilarating. not if you poor it isnt, then hobbies are stressfull.

@rihenry7364 6 жыл бұрын

No, you see, complaining about things KZfaq is their hobby. You should be more respectful.

@Chaosium 6 жыл бұрын

ri, i know its my hobby when im bored.

@dirk9787 5 жыл бұрын

I love videos like this. It's a dream of me to melt some copper and make bars like you do. I have a small bin I collect copper I separated from electronics before I through them out or gifts from friends. One day I'll make my own bars.

@shivercanada 6 жыл бұрын

That looks like a fun hobby, great job!

@mre6005 7 жыл бұрын

I commend you on providing a instructional video of this sort, but you might also advise your viewers to invest in a pair of leather gloves to prevent them from having their hands cut up as occurred to you in the video

@thresholdseven8942 7 жыл бұрын

roughed up hands build character :p I used to work building/repairing stuff in the shop and they were always beat up. Now all my work is on the computer so I have smooth baby hands. Seeing his bleeding wounds makes me want to get out to the garage and screw around just to rough my hands up again.

@volatilesky 7 жыл бұрын

be careful on old stereo amps, the older ones have huge capacitors, any they can potentially hold a charge for a long time. I was making some of props and it's easier to just stick a cap onto something that to fabricate a fake one with legit markings, etc. anyway, thrift stored an old amp, let it sit on the table for a week unplugged, thinking the charge die by then. after getting the casing off I took some heavier scissors to cut the board up to get the wires and parts I wanted. soon as i made contact it was like striking an arc with a stick welder. huge bang, arcing spark, and a chunk of steel blasted off my scissors. didn't shock me somehow at least.

@daviddaddy 7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Van Miller. you're very lucky you Didnt get get Electrocuted! as you probably wouldn't be around to tell the story! wow thankfully the plastic/rubber on your Scissors probably insulated it enough not to Get you. close call glad you're okay.

@rebelclemons7454 7 жыл бұрын

that was a great video and it did turn out nice in the end. like they say one man's trash is another man's treasure.

@Kaaskop84 6 жыл бұрын

I love that mold and the bars it produces! Maybe something for me. Beautiful bar mate!

@whyamifatandgay2520 7 жыл бұрын

I like you're nirvana hat rock on man

@patrussell1507 7 жыл бұрын

survivorman jordan 8m (k

@detcordxxxi 7 жыл бұрын

2.27 pounds x $2.54 = $5.77 Not bad for just taking some time out to scrap a free TV.

@Damaniel3 6 жыл бұрын

Minus the cost of the borax and the electricity to run the furnace.

@waynekc01 6 жыл бұрын

you can look at it mainly 3 ways.. 1. for the fun of it/hobby/recycling/etc 2. for the money you "made" - ~$5.00. or you can also look at it like the money you "saved" ..say you wanted to collect(copper is a finite resource), Invest(copper in a finite resource), or machine/cast/make something out of copper in any way; that small ingot would be over $30 many places. In that case you are making $30 an hr--$60/hr if you tried..even more if copper becomes worth 10, 100, or even 1,000, times more money in the future than it is worth today.

@SuEnRoD 5 жыл бұрын

I have been zapped MANY times in the belly while carrying CRT's. I used to rebuild them back in the 70's

@straybulletbeats9975 7 жыл бұрын

he is too excited when he is pullin off that COPPAH

@jameswallace645 7 жыл бұрын

I've heard it's extremely dangerous to pour molten copper over concrete blocks because if the molten copper touches the concrete it will explode due to a very small amount of water vapor in the block instantly vaporizing and it will send copper up to 5 feet away.

@arridexerandco 7 жыл бұрын

James Wallace It's the same with all metals.

@Itsbuckjames 6 жыл бұрын

lol I just watched that king of random video just now also kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oph2qNl8ud-2fYU.html#action=share

@funny1048youtube 6 жыл бұрын

yes it is any kind of molten metal should never come into contact with water because the water can suddenly vaporize throwing molten metal all over the place in order to prevent this always preheat your mold and any scrap you put into the furnace

@liam6345 7 жыл бұрын

Great video very informative!! Great tip though: invest in some gloves!

@vanbemme 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Ben as always..Thanks

@drzarkloff506 7 жыл бұрын

I've made up to 5 pound bars. It's a great feeling. I used to keep one in my car to play with while driving to work.

@londonnight937 7 жыл бұрын

Those two "black caps" with copper coils inside them are called relays. And are worth more on Ebay than their weight in copper.

@bphelps5524 7 жыл бұрын

I had a early 2000 model TV that was Sony that knocked me over a couch when I took it apart do be careful

@ITSTIMETOSTOP 7 жыл бұрын

RIP

@seniorbenito7044 6 жыл бұрын

You should of unplugged it first my dude! xD

@joshuarosen6242 6 жыл бұрын

Either it was still plugged in or you shorted a capacitor with your body. It won't have been the CRT.

@Mutlap 6 жыл бұрын

it holds a charge

@JoeButter 6 жыл бұрын

Josh you obviously arent an electronic tech making such a false statement..... a CRT holds a charge for a long time especially if the pull down circuit is faulty.

@SoCal_ayyayyron 7 жыл бұрын

This is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing your interesting hobby.

@pcfverbeek 7 жыл бұрын

For anyone interested in doing this, make sure all the copper salvaged is clean as you dont want to be standing in a toxic cloud of nasty stuff. Notably the laquer on copper in transformers really isnt good for you so as reccomended just chuck them in your transformer bin. The square things with the silver contacts are relays btw. One last thing I would like to add is a capacitor is basically a reserve of power for a sudden demand, in order to make sure you dont get shocked you shortcircuit the leads with a screwdirver or something. Some more powerful devices like amps can definitly kill you so making sure a cap is discharged is good practice. Thanks for your videjo well done!

@GeorgeWillia 7 жыл бұрын

Caps hold voltage NOT current......

@pcfverbeek 7 жыл бұрын

How did I imply they hold current? I made the point to inform that messing around in a just disconnected device can be dangerous

@portabuddy 7 жыл бұрын

lot of work for $15... not if your breaking down 10-20 at once. you make a tv day. thats $2-3 per board too. your never going to do one, this is just what you can expect.

@eWasteBen 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's right, glad there's some out there that understand :) you get them at the same time your picking up scrap so it's not just tv's. stack them up and in a couple weeks you scrap 'em all out in one go, that also gives the tv's time to discharge in case one was recently plugged in too. By the time you've picked up 20 tv's you've probably picked up half a tonne of scrap steel and other metals as well as electronics for gold recovery, people commenting here are singling out 1 tv and not looking at the big picture.

@GeorgeWillia 7 жыл бұрын

It is true, there used to be a local guy that would go around in an old 1970's ford pick up and collect all sorts of scrap. I kid you not, a few years later i seen the same guy scrapping, pulling a trailer(full of scrap) from a Cadillac Escalade. Definitely money once you add it all up!

@davidhoover8877 7 жыл бұрын

Band Aids for hands and fingers offset profit..lol

@mrkrasker9609 6 жыл бұрын

The suction cup like device you removed from the CRT is called the 2nd anode. That 2nd anode pulls the electrons to the shadow mask that are fired out of the electron gun in the neck of the tube. The 2nd anode has roughly 25,000 volts on it when the TV is in operation. The CRT is like a huge capacitor and that is what hold a charge of 25000 volts after the TV is turned off.

@TMK-22 6 жыл бұрын

I never knew there were literal spools of copper like that, pretty neat!

@npecom 7 жыл бұрын

Always seems to be plenty of blood by the end of the video on these "recycling" projects.

@martygibsonsr5150 7 жыл бұрын

get that dude a bandaid

@mysteryandmeaning297 6 жыл бұрын

Your so good at this. Looks cool fun see the end product. You like to tinker with things. Same here

@RoeMantic 5 жыл бұрын

I can watch this video over again and again! Nice pour big stackd Jr! Lol!

@charlieboy5515 7 жыл бұрын

A great reminder of how much unrecoverable scrap and precious metals is burred forever into landfills every day.

@stinkycheese804 7 жыл бұрын

Huh? Nothing makes it unrecoverable, nor buried forever. It's just not cost effective yet to mine the dumps for those metals, but some day it will be, so we're lucky to have kept them all in one place, yes? Besides, it came out of the ground so where else is it going, shot into outer space? The main thing is, not to let harmful materials get into the water supply, which unfortunately includes the lead from solder used back in the CRT TV era.

@eWasteBen 7 жыл бұрын

There's at least 2kg of lead in an average crt glass, solder makes little difference in comparison. LCD TV's are worse, same as fluorencent lights & smoke alarms, all contain Mercury. Landfills will never be mined, they build housing estates on them if you look at history.

@stinkycheese804 7 жыл бұрын

Solder makes a large difference. The lead in the CRT glass is mostly trapped in it, while the solder on the PCB has a high surface area of exposure. There is a trivial level of mercury in remotely modern fluorescent lights including fluorescent backlit TVs. You might find 5 mg per, which is only a toxic level if you have direct exposure, are standing right on top of it at point of release. Odds are that you end up exposed to more mercury from naturally occurring sources than that from a landfill that makes it all the way back to you. What is your reasoning to assume that landfills will never be mined? Most do not have housing on them, are instead located away from private homes as much as possible, and these same sites continue to grow as much as the available fill space on the property allows. It makes sense that they will be mined once other sources become more expensive, not so much for aluminum or glass as for copper and the rarer metals and other non-degradable materials like plastic. I don't mean in 20 years but perhaps in 100.

@eWasteBen 7 жыл бұрын

in 100 years they won't need precious metals, they can already make it synthetically. Yes I know landfill has 50x more PM's then ore per tonne but yeah, there's enough to supply the needs we have now, most populated cities will need that land for housing, but it might be different over there, trump might get you all nuked anyway

@stinkycheese804 7 жыл бұрын

Making something synthetically still requires the constituent materials. It could easily cost more.

@MrCowboy1492 7 жыл бұрын

What is the name of that smelter you used?

@eWasteBen 7 жыл бұрын

link is in the description

@retro80s22 7 жыл бұрын

brilliant I fully get the excitement .its a piece of art.regards from the uk ...

@johnvanegmond1812 7 жыл бұрын

That little cut on your thumb looks familiar. My wife won't let me scrap anything apart if we are out of bandaids. Takes my pocket knife away too. ;) Just pullin' your leg.

@gtb_greedy7208 7 жыл бұрын

You on speed?

@Skwisgar2322 7 жыл бұрын

How much do you get for the iron in all that blood?

@JuliusBalboa500 7 жыл бұрын

definitely a nice bar, you should stack as many as you can especially since you got the copper for free. Awesome hobby.

@SuperKillerkarnickel 7 жыл бұрын

You can clean the oxide off with dilute sulfuric acid as it only dissolves the oxide not the copper, works very fast and makes no dust ;)

@Hechoencasax 7 жыл бұрын

Where is de Gloves??

@bobbrawley9439 7 жыл бұрын

WTF Show screw the gloves. Mr Safety police

@antmallett6065 7 жыл бұрын

The relay you destroyed @ 24:50 is worth more money than the copper inside it is worth - a lot more.

@johndowe7003 7 жыл бұрын

how much & how do u figure and how would you even sell it

@antmallett6065 7 жыл бұрын

John Dowe Off the top of my head, in ZA rands - the copper would be worth a few cents. The relay would be in the region of R30. So it's worth about 6000 times more ,when new. Sell it second hand for half that price, and you would make more money off 5 or 6 relays than the whole damn KG of copper would fetch! You could sell on flea bay, or craigslist or wherever you want. Plenty of electronics enthusiasts out there...

@nrdesign1991 7 жыл бұрын

That's just a random relay, who knows how good the contacts still are.

@antmallett6065 7 жыл бұрын

nrdesign1991 True. But plenty of relays have transparent covers...

@nrdesign1991 7 жыл бұрын

Ant Mallett the cover is not related to the contacts

@ArcticWolfSilver 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! That is one gorgeous copper brick! I'd want to chop it into slices and roll it into sheet stock or make my own alloy stock. XD So many possibilities!

@butchmullins4526 6 жыл бұрын

when you are on fix income every penny helps i scrap every thing i can been doing tv for about a year .i take it to scrap metal dealer and get any where from 150$ to 300$ depends on if i take aluminum off can's are another good metal good one man .