Interesting channel, I gotta say i love your screen name lol. I got a CRT Sony 36inch and was thinking about taking it apart as its way too heavy to carry, its over 300lbs. It was Sony's last cutting edge HDTV in the crt tube format, I paid about 2 grand for it brand new in 2003, hard to believe i paid that much for a tube tv and now its just sitting in a spare room collecting dust. So i have that tv and two more 32 inch tv's in the basement and two smaller tv's with the vhs combo deal that i will dismantle soon, thanks to your video. By the way, was reading some of the comments from a few smart mouths, amazing how rude people can get even in such a helpful kind of DIY video. Keep up the good job with videos, hopefully it'll help people learn how to do things like this instead of hurting the beautiful earth we been blessed with.
+Moses Lawrence Thanks Moses! I bet that thing is crazy heavy! I generally wouldn't mess with anything over 32" because it's just too damn heavy for me
@@greasebob Like the vast majority of people in the world, they don't care what CRTs are, any big chunky tv is trash. Sadly its the retro community's loss. CRTs are becoming hard to find these days. I am still looking for mine. I hope I find the same silver flatscreen Trinitron I shamefully threw away six years ago.
I came here thinking you are an electronic guy and will tell me how to salvage chips, speakers, testing if they still work and use it in other projects etc. But this has been educational too.
So between gas and time driving around grabbing these tvs, then time spent breaking them up and apart, then gas and time going to the scrap yard, you're making how much per hour? I guess if you have nothing to do or are just committed to scrapping it's worth it....but for most, not a lot of money to be had.
“Win win for everybody”... Except for the retro gaming community. There are many people who still prefer to hook up their retro video game consoles to a CRT so that they can enjoy playing their games without any lag, with a picture that looks similar to how it looked back then. CRT sets are becoming more and more hard to find as more of them are getting binned. The fact that people like the guy in the video rips these TV sets to pieces one after another and then crushes them with a huge hammer just to make a few bucks on some ounces of copper coming from the deflection yoke windings doesn’t exactly make the situation any better either. I can imagine what’s going on in his head as he’s slaughtering those TV sets. It’s probably something along the lines of: “Preservation of hardware? Bah! Screw that. I’ve got a workbench and a big ass sledgehammer here. If I can make a whole buck on every deflection yoke that I crush, then I will happily keep doing this all day.” *Sigh*
I'm sure the 3 people in the retro gaming community are just bawling their eyes out that a useless roadside CRT tv was recycled. One time I saw someone melt down a rusty old tin can, I almost cried.
TheCrazyStudent As a retro gamer myself, we'll be alright. We'll find something to play it on. Our phones, computer, or we'll find the damn tvs working somewhere online. These are usually trashed because they aren't working lol.
The 'electrical tape' on the degausing wire is not actually electrical tape. It is a self bonding raw rubber/silicone tape. It is softer and thicker than electrical tape. It cuts very easily, especially if you use a hooked 'linoleum' blade in your utility knife. Put one end in a vise, or clamp it to a bench. Then pull on the gable to keep it straight and put some tension on it. Then slice the insulation. (my wife needed some jewelry making wire, so I grabbed the degaussing cable from a Panasonic ~24" flat screen CRT, and got her about 400-500 feet of very nice wire) The 'wide' portion of a degaussing cable is usually a flat strip of plastic about an inch wide. No sense in loosing money on the scrap price, just remove it. The degaussing cable is just a coil of wire intended to ground the inherent static generated by a CRT. It is TOO simple to short a potential charge in a TV or monitor to risk electrocution. A screwdriver and a piece of wire is all you need. Robbie, you may have done 500 TV's without incident, but what about #501? I'm not a 'electrocution beware' guy like many on TH-cam, but I've repaired computer monitors for 6-8 years when I was a computer consultant. The guy who taught me repair had 30 years experience, and I helped him off the floor one time after a 22" Trinitron lifted my 250# buddy off his feet, and threw him back 4-5 feet one day. If you are salvaging parts for re-use, do NOT use an anti-static grounding strap when working on CRTs. The grounding strap makes a shorter path to ground for the 30-40,000 volts from the flyback. Also, something I learned, just this morning. Put one hand behind your back when grounding a CRT. That way, if you do get zapped, it won't go through your heart.
Anyone reading today, CRT TV's especially Sony Trinitrons should NOT be scrapped. They still have a market (that is growing for retro gaming) and they are worth more than $4 and you don't have to spend a half an hour destroying them. Granted some TV's can't be given away but if it's a desired CRT TV you should def. sell it.
Also the transformers inside a crt can step the voltage up to a very high voltage which is usually anywhere between 600 volts to all the way up to 1000s of volts so make sure the tv is unplugged before opening it up
One thing ive learned is not to hold on to the TV when youre cutting the vaccum wire(the line that runs between the board and the tube)youll get a small shock.
"We're looking eight cents". That's a tremendous amount of work for $3.75. Not to mention having to dispose of all the waste. If you do two tvs an hour, you're making minimum wage. And they take up a lot of room to store. Are you sure this is worthwhile?
+Masked Marvyl All depends on what you value your time at. After you have done one or two, You can do a whole TV in 5-7 minutes or so. I've got a recycle plant on my way to work so that isn't a big deal for me. I personally do this as a hobby so they $/hr isn't as really all that important to me.
+Robbie TwoScraps I just spent $5.00 to buy a used old TV for electronic parts. That ferrite on the yolk is worth a lot, so is another ferrite in the flyback if you know how to get it out. Caps cost a lot as well, I saved about $5-10 bucks buying $5 old TV. I recommend you rethink your strategy of money earning opportunities.
@@РоманКарноухов-ь8у - Still not talking about much money. It's more just something to do.....but I'd rather spend my time on more fruitful ventures. But I'll likely breakdown my own old tube tvs....better to make a few bucks than paying $25 - $30 in fees to dispose of them.
I was disassembling a TV and trying to get a a small circuit board of the end of the tube. The tube cracked and I heard a hissing sound and I got a bit scared. So I watched this video and learned a few things. Thanks for posting it. And I am disposing of this TV once I break it into small pieces and get the saleable parts out of it. That is horrible that old analog TVs won't work with digital signals. And analog TVs need a digital receiver to watch tv, one more thing to plug in and more clutter.
I know I'm 2 years late but did you ever find out what it was? Best guess is that you ever so slightly punctured a hole in the cathode ray tube interior which is normally in vacuo, perhaps it was the movement of the air that made the hissing sound?
CRT (cathode ray tube) are essentially a big vacuum tube. Vacuum... so when you crack/break it, air rushes IN. That's why you'll see notices inside an old tv about implosion hazard.@@louisparkes9903
Digital TV broadcasting was an under the table back door (closed) deal between cable and satellite companies with the FCC. In mountainous areas no digital signal
if you bust the tube,turn the scorpion tip to downward on a hard surface put a covering over it and hit it with a sledgehammer the implosion will direct downward you dont have to hit very hard.
Great Vid Robbie! I've noticed that Sony TVs have the highest quality scrap with good weight on the low grade boards and thick Copper Cables inside. At least in the USA your wiring is copper insulated. Here in Australia it's almost always aluminium wire.
I took the whole tv apart and I'm almost positive the tv yoke is aluminum coated with copper, the degaussing wire around the tv also seems to be aluminum coated with copper.
great videos n educational,i just started doing this ,i really enjoy it!!! its all about recycling n clean up the environment n also making xtra $$ for cold beers>>>
Eye protection and hearing protection is recommended when taking apart a crt television because there's always a chance that you could do something to make the crt implode
Implosion remedy!! Where the suction cup looking device is attached, remove it. Using small Phillips head screwdriver insert tip into hole. Slowly tap screwdriver with hammer and when it penitrates glass it will relieve vacuum
how did you get rid of the tube? I found a source for these, but need some ideas about what to do with the glass tubes when I've gotten all the copper out.
the only thing I don't like about the scrappers where I live is they leave behind the picture tube and all that broken glass on the street. sometimes I pull the sets apart for parts, fixing tv's is my hobby. but I put the back cover on. There's really no reason to break the tube, usually you can loosen the screw on the yokd and pull it off.
Robbie TwoScraps that's what they are doing here, they smash open the tv with a hammer and break off the yoke and leave a big mess. I've picked up several of them and donated or give them away to people who want one.
Don't see how it could possibly be worth bothering with. It would cost you more for gas to pick up this garbage and then deliver the recovered materials than you could ever get out of it
You could wind speaker inductors from those transformer wire I think. Perhaps you could make a copper smelter and create some useful copper items or art etc. :)
Rennie Ash Funny you should say that! That is on my list of things to do next. Melt down some copper! I'll be making a video sometime in the near future. Stay tuned!
Rennie Ash I actually believe it will cost more to melt down the copper than it's worth. At least at the scale that I'm planning on. I do this more as a hobby than anything else. Now if I'm able to create a piece of art that may be different.
defend+some comes are glued to the tube so the posts usually on bigger one have to be snapped off before you can twist the cone.sometimes inserting a flathead screwdriver between the cone and the tube and gently twisting it right and left will break it loose.
YOKE tip most have 2 steel clips on the ferrite core pry them off you will see a line groove put a chisel or old screw driver in it and a light tap or some you can pry that will fracture the ferrite yoke in two halfs.
ya i was thinking that ha ha it's just clamped into the hole all he had to do was (make sure it was discharged) and unconnect it he probably didn't realize some people would probably buy it from him for more than his scrap.
Almost nothing. You have a sheet of phosphor (the black part you see) protected by the glass you see. Then a electron gun at the other end. Kind of a fancy name for tin foil with a coil behind it. Pretty much. Then the yoke is a big magnet that aim the flying electrons coming off the electron gun, as they hit the phosphor, it glows. I may be prong on some parts, but I tried
In my area Long Island NY transformers are only .09 cent a pound..18lbs being ONLY 1.68 kinda pis.....ed me off...it was alot of unsoldering to get that..and I think No 2 copper is ONLY $1.60 now...this is terrible....it is not like it use to be..oh and cars are .07 cent a pound..that would be like 200$ for a car now..
If you'd stop cutting up those degaussing wires you could use a simple utility knife to strip the entire thing much easier than you did with your little stripping tool and you wouldn't waste any of the copper that is in it. (They're much easier to strip with a utility knife when they're in one circular piece.) I've cut open at least 500 of those things...all with a utility knife. If you insist on continuing to use your stripping tool, stop bending the hell out of the wire before you strip it. It'll slide through your tool much more easily. Have fun!
If its a working CRT, don't take it apart. Give it to someone that actually appreciates this technology. There are reasons why some people still want these, especially for playing retro games.
News flash, no one cares about retro gamers, except retro gamers. it would take far longer to find a buyer than to take out the copper, palladium and silver and sell it.
dynamite disruptor Technically there is no gas inside the tube. It's a vacuum. The sound is actually the vacuum being filled. That being said, Some of these contain cadmium, which is a toxic heavy metal. You should definitely avoid inhaling any of this by wearing a good filter mask.
They're just dangerous when you sit in front of them when there on, you get hit with X-radiation, warning stickers are on actual tube (back side where nobody can see them unless you take them apart).
working flybacks coud sell for 5- 10 dollars and the other transformers are worth more then there weight in copper so try to salvage them undamaged and sell em for more. the rest you can sell per pound. also the speakers could be worth more if reused for other projects.
Wow and someone like me likes to SMASH stuff that is no good, or NOT worth money LOL!. I used 2 scrap 4 cash in the late 1999-2005 time frames, I had fun then. It was worth it for money,fun smashing something carefully and I actually had my own minivan.
I know this is an old video, however, has an arcade Enthusiast this just makes me cringe. You can't even buy McDonald's Happy Meal for this price and yet you're throwing out some really good stuff. People are stupid they don't understand that sometimes the glass tubes and these other components can be transferred to another set. Again being in the arcade sing we're always looking for good tubes try and transfer and hears people smashing them up for a few pennies
Hi. You must mentioned with so strong stress, High voltage about 50000 volts is inside tv .so people who don't know it can kill !!!!!??? So you must mentioned this must discharge by a wire and screw driver to chassis ground .this is bad fault !!!!???
@@petergreen1869 Capacitors can hold charge for years if there isn't enough humidity to swarm the electric fields around the caps and carry away (or add) electrons until it's dead. They're still potentially dangerous even if they've been unplugged for a very long time...
of course only if the tv is broken beyond repair that you want to do this so you get 3 dollars by just destroying it which is fun so that's literally better than free.
This is just sad, let's take something that arcade and other enthusiasts appreciate that are no longer in production and destroy it to make a few bucks. Literally can sell a working crt online for 10 times what you make on the strip down.
this was uploaded almost 8 years ago, crt tv prices have jumped since then because of hobbyists, i imagine when this video was made though they were dirt cheap and really common to come across
Brilliant! Let me buy a $20 specialty screwdriver set so that I can extract 50 cents worth of metal per TV. After busting up only 40 TVs, the set pays for itself. Ah ha ha! IDIOT.
Haha.. I must admit.. I thought the same thing. $3.75 for all that labor. However I am thankful for scrapper people.. They are saving our planet. Thank you Scrappers! Yay Recycling!
If you do the math you can justify it. Took him only 10mins while he was explaining how to. Would probably only take 5mins if he went to town. Say 7-8 tv's/big electronics in an hour.. that's almost $30. Also, better than dumping in some landfill.
+Ohm Zen well considering this is a how to video yes very slow & a lot of work for $3.75. but with the proper tools & bulk amount of tvs & once you know what your doing is quick & easy. once you get the proper tools & know what the flip you are doing, I can stip one yolk gauze & all in 3 to 5 mins that's 12 to 20 in an hr hence why I said you need bulk times that by 3.75 on the average TV $45 to $75 an hr. the bigger ones he talks about I've pulled 6 lbs of copper out. $10.50 a TV just on the copper now do 12 an hr $126. still not worth your time.
I can see why your name is Joe Blow. Lower yourself because it's Scrappers like this at as keeping horrible items out of our landfill and keeping our world clean. I think Scrappers and people who recycle should be considered Heroes of the environment. Until the time he spits grabbing that television was time-saving this and that's time well worth the effort
Can you use a Soldering iron and not ur hands.I'm an 11year old electronic hobbyist and I salvage unstripped wire and those electromagnets u hammered (that part reaaaaaallllllllllly pissed me off, scientific my ass) and those transformers u just ripped like it was nothing and those speakers from TVs. I'd like to say this was a bad video and it made me angry Edit: where's the motor And those so called "motors" are called capacitors
It's hilarious you nutters get so bent out of shape over a man enjoying his hobby. If you care to much go buy all the trash TVs I still see littering the curbs every morning.
@@petergreen1869 Does NOT matter! The tube is a giant capacitor that can hold a huge charge, it should be discharged first - look it up, the process should be noted and followed in any crt dismantling informational video.
Interesting channel, I gotta say i love your screen name lol. I got a CRT Sony 36inch and was thinking about taking it apart as its way too heavy to carry, its over 300lbs. It was Sony's last cutting edge HDTV in the crt tube format, I paid about 2 grand for it brand new in 2003, hard to believe i paid that much for a tube tv and now its just sitting in a spare room collecting dust. So i have that tv and two more 32 inch tv's in the basement and two smaller tv's with the vhs combo deal that i will dismantle soon, thanks to your video.
By the way, was reading some of the comments from a few smart mouths, amazing how rude people can get even in such a helpful kind of DIY video. Keep up the good job with videos, hopefully it'll help people learn how to do things like this instead of hurting the beautiful earth we been blessed with.
+Moses Lawrence Thanks Moses! I bet that thing is crazy heavy! I generally wouldn't mess with anything over 32" because it's just too damn heavy for me
Man did you ever scrap that Sony? Because its worth a lot of money INTACT and UNDAMAGED in the retro community today.
@@greasebob Like the vast majority of people in the world, they don't care what CRTs are, any big chunky tv is trash. Sadly its the retro community's loss. CRTs are becoming hard to find these days. I am still looking for mine. I hope I find the same silver flatscreen Trinitron I shamefully threw away six years ago.
I came here thinking you are an electronic guy and will tell me how to salvage chips, speakers, testing if they still work and use it in other projects etc. But this has been educational too.
Me too lol It broke my heart seeing him claw at that hardware.
Same haha
All for $3 but I guess it's his hobby and does recycle a TV that would otherwise rot in a landfill so more power to him.
"This is how Anakin Skywalker built his Podracer"
So between gas and time driving around grabbing these tvs, then time spent breaking them up and apart, then gas and time going to the scrap yard, you're making how much per hour? I guess if you have nothing to do or are just committed to scrapping it's worth it....but for most, not a lot of money to be had.
Happened upon this video... I've always been good at taking things apart and breaking things!!! Never thought I could make money doin' it. lol
exactly, it's a hobby! Make a little money, clean up the environment, and getting to work with your hands. It's a win win for everybody.
+Brian Carroll Well said
“Win win for everybody”... Except for the retro gaming community. There are many people who still prefer to hook up their retro video game consoles to a CRT so that they can enjoy playing their games without any lag, with a picture that looks similar to how it looked back then. CRT sets are becoming more and more hard to find as more of them are getting binned. The fact that people like the guy in the video rips these TV sets to pieces one after another and then crushes them with a huge hammer just to make a few bucks on some ounces of copper coming from the deflection yoke windings doesn’t exactly make the situation any better either.
I can imagine what’s going on in his head as he’s slaughtering those TV sets. It’s probably something along the lines of:
“Preservation of hardware? Bah! Screw that. I’ve got a workbench and a big ass sledgehammer here. If I can make a whole buck on every deflection yoke that I crush, then I will happily keep doing this all day.” *Sigh*
I'm sure the 3 people in the retro gaming community are just bawling their eyes out that a useless roadside CRT tv was recycled. One time I saw someone melt down a rusty old tin can, I almost cried.
There are way too many old CRTs still around. Just keep the good ones and scrap the cheap consumer grade stuff.
TheCrazyStudent As a retro gamer myself, we'll be alright. We'll find something to play it on. Our phones, computer, or we'll find the damn tvs working somewhere online. These are usually trashed because they aren't working lol.
Does the CRT tube contain some sort of Mercury
The 'electrical tape' on the degausing wire is not actually electrical tape. It is a self bonding raw rubber/silicone tape. It is softer and thicker than electrical tape.
It cuts very easily, especially if you use a hooked 'linoleum' blade in your utility knife. Put one end in a vise, or clamp it to a bench. Then pull on the gable to keep it straight and put some tension on it. Then slice the insulation. (my wife needed some jewelry making wire, so I grabbed the degaussing cable from a Panasonic ~24" flat screen CRT, and got her about 400-500 feet of very nice wire)
The 'wide' portion of a degaussing cable is usually a flat strip of plastic about an inch wide. No sense in loosing money on the scrap price, just remove it.
The degaussing cable is just a coil of wire intended to ground the inherent static generated by a CRT.
It is TOO simple to short a potential charge in a TV or monitor to risk electrocution. A screwdriver and a piece of wire is all you need. Robbie, you may have done 500 TV's without incident, but what about #501?
I'm not a 'electrocution beware' guy like many on TH-cam, but I've repaired computer monitors for 6-8 years when I was a computer consultant. The guy who taught me repair had 30 years experience, and I helped him off the floor one time after a 22" Trinitron lifted my 250# buddy off his feet, and threw him back 4-5 feet one day.
If you are salvaging parts for re-use, do NOT use an anti-static grounding strap when working on CRTs. The grounding strap makes a shorter path to ground for the 30-40,000 volts from the flyback.
Also, something I learned, just this morning. Put one hand behind your back when grounding a CRT. That way, if you do get zapped, it won't go through your heart.
yup all it takes is that one, Chernobyl knows, Dyatlov knows, USSR knew
Anyone reading today, CRT TV's especially Sony Trinitrons should NOT be scrapped. They still have a market (that is growing for retro gaming) and they are worth more than $4 and you don't have to spend a half an hour destroying them. Granted some TV's can't be given away but if it's a desired CRT TV you should def. sell it.
icemanxp300 if i get it for free, im destroying it
@@bfries555 CRT lives matter. Vinyl made a comeback, so why don't CRTs deserve a second chance too. If you want it anymore, let someone else enjoy it.
@@TheGreatNathan heavy piece of trash 😂😂
Also the transformers inside a crt can step the voltage up to a very high voltage which is usually anywhere between 600 volts to all the way up to 1000s of volts so make sure the tv is unplugged before opening it up
Its good practice to break the seal on the tube anyway. Prevents implosion risk and renders the tube fairly harmless.
Case is very easy to take off... Great video.
One thing ive learned is not to hold on to the TV when youre cutting the vaccum wire(the line that runs between the board and the tube)youll get a small shock.
Was hoping to find out what you do with the tube itself
That's the whole reason why anyone would even look this up right?
R/choosingbeggars
Turn it into typical but leaded glass, just like melting beer bottles
very scientific *proceeds to hit it with a small sledge*
I feel the humor may have been wasted on you.
@@jaredjohnson8387 whoosh
"We're looking eight cents". That's a tremendous amount of work for $3.75. Not to mention having to dispose of all the waste. If you do two tvs an hour, you're making minimum wage. And they take up a lot of room to store. Are you sure this is worthwhile?
+Masked Marvyl All depends on what you value your time at. After you have done one or two, You can do a whole TV in 5-7 minutes or so. I've got a recycle plant on my way to work so that isn't a big deal for me. I personally do this as a hobby so they $/hr isn't as really all that important to me.
+Robbie TwoScraps I just spent $5.00 to buy a used old TV for electronic parts. That ferrite on the yolk is worth a lot, so is another ferrite in the flyback if you know how to get it out. Caps cost a lot as well, I saved about $5-10 bucks buying $5 old TV. I recommend you rethink your strategy of money earning opportunities.
@@РоманКарноухов-ь8у - Still not talking about much money. It's more just something to do.....but I'd rather spend my time on more fruitful ventures. But I'll likely breakdown my own old tube tvs....better to make a few bucks than paying $25 - $30 in fees to dispose of them.
I was disassembling a TV and trying to get a a small circuit board of the end of the tube. The tube cracked and I heard a hissing sound and I got a bit scared. So I watched this video and learned a few things. Thanks for posting it. And I am disposing of this TV once I break it into small pieces and get the saleable parts out of it. That is horrible that old analog TVs won't work with digital signals. And analog TVs need a digital receiver to watch tv, one more thing to plug in and more clutter.
When i was a kid the first time i scrapped a tv i did the same thing i bloody jumped a mile.
I know I'm 2 years late but did you ever find out what it was? Best guess is that you ever so slightly punctured a hole in the cathode ray tube interior which is normally in vacuo, perhaps it was the movement of the air that made the hissing sound?
CRT (cathode ray tube) are essentially a big vacuum tube. Vacuum... so when you crack/break it, air rushes IN. That's why you'll see notices inside an old tv about implosion hazard.@@louisparkes9903
@@8ftbed That's what I assumed, yeah.
Digital TV broadcasting was an under the table back door (closed) deal between cable and satellite companies with the FCC. In mountainous areas no digital signal
Nice! Definitely educational and fun! Thanks for making this vid.
Those black boxes also contain two silver contacts along with the number 1 copper
0:35 LOL looks easy. FYI lots of old tv's have a a fifth screw usually on the back center budge.
You should check with your yard about the ferrite in the tv. It's made from ceramic and steel and some yards pay up to $6.50/lb
if you bust the tube,turn the scorpion tip to downward on a hard surface put a covering over it and hit it with a sledgehammer the implosion will direct downward you dont have to hit very hard.
Great Vid Robbie!
I've noticed that Sony TVs have the highest quality scrap with good weight on the low grade boards and thick Copper Cables inside.
At least in the USA your wiring is copper insulated. Here in Australia it's almost always aluminium wire.
Thanks! I love to see those thick copper cables!
I took the whole tv apart and I'm almost positive the tv yoke is aluminum coated with copper, the degaussing wire around the tv also seems to be aluminum coated with copper.
great videos n educational,i just started doing this ,i really enjoy it!!! its all about recycling n clean up the environment n also making xtra $$ for cold beers>>>
Nice one. It would be nice if you can tell or write the SI unit system.
all that palladium you left . today it's worth more than platinum. this was made 8 years ago. hope your now saving palladium
Eye protection and hearing protection is recommended when taking apart a crt television because there's always a chance that you could do something to make the crt implode
Implosion remedy!! Where the suction cup looking device is attached, remove it. Using small Phillips head screwdriver insert tip into hole. Slowly tap screwdriver with hammer and when it penitrates glass it will relieve vacuum
how did you get rid of the tube? I found a source for these, but need some ideas about what to do with the glass tubes when I've gotten all the copper out.
There is a county (government funded) recycling center near my house that takes any ewaste free of charge. I always drop off the tube there.
there is a lot of Tungsten in the acrual tube; however there is also a lot of Pb2SO4....
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New sub. Great detailed vid. Ty
Awesome, thank you!
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i break all the little black boxes for they have number 1 copper in them
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How long is a while? I have a tv that hasn't been plugged in for atleast a week is it okay at that point?
the only thing I don't like about the scrappers where I live is they leave behind the picture tube and all that broken glass on the street. sometimes I pull the sets apart for parts, fixing tv's is my hobby. but I put the back cover on.
There's really no reason to break the tube, usually you can loosen the screw on the yokd and pull it off.
Robbie TwoScraps that's what they are doing here, they smash open the tv with a hammer and break off the yoke and leave a big mess. I've picked up several of them and donated or give them away to people who want one.
Bri G. Nice of you to help some people out! There are SO many CRT TVs laying around no family would be without television.
If the TV hasn't been plugged in a while I want to know about how long do you have to wait for it to discharge before
It sometimes has a bleed resistor that auto discharges it but usually you have to, unless it’s been plugged in like 2 years ago.
Everyone on.my city is scrapping CRT s TV, I am a driver and work on cleaning municipality , everyday is old CRT TVs next to bins, all broken
Does the reddish wire value more or less than the yellow one?
Don't see how it could possibly be worth bothering with. It would cost you more for gas to pick up this garbage and then deliver the recovered materials than you could ever get out of it
steveu235 In many instances, it is not. That is why I try and get all my scrap from trips or people that I already go or see on a regular basis.
You could wind speaker inductors from those transformer wire I think. Perhaps you could make a copper smelter and create some useful copper items or art etc. :)
Rennie Ash Funny you should say that! That is on my list of things to do next. Melt down some copper! I'll be making a video sometime in the near future. Stay tuned!
Robbie TwoScraps Would melted copper into a bar/object be significantly more valuable?
Rennie Ash I actually believe it will cost more to melt down the copper than it's worth. At least at the scale that I'm planning on. I do this more as a hobby than anything else. Now if I'm able to create a piece of art that may be different.
@@KeyFobRob hand-poured copper bars on eBay go for $18 per pound! Thank you preppers and speculators!
also, I found a blackish powdery stuff on an old crt tv. is this normal? it cleaned off pretty nicely when ran it under the shower.
Possibly lead, be careful with the glass cuz the phosphorescent paint is toxic I think and the glass has lead and other things
Glad to know I don't need to waste my time scrapping tv's. Not worth it.
Glad I could help. I'd say the easiest way to make it the best return on your time is just to cut the power cord. You're looking at $.50 for 1 snip.
It is well worth it if you have a good amount of TV's.
爷，奇實拆解电子面板霝件，可用易導熱温的金屬板，似麵包板样，插放上，以導熱电子麵包板和电子面板，而无太损霝件，而以夾子无導熱性夾霝件，手才不易刮伤受伤，是否較易和安全，但空气会污，應在空廣廠較妥。
刘宇龙 don't quit your day job.
Omg, I was so scared for your fingers when you were hitting the yoke with the sledge... I've seen stuff like that go wrong...
Scrap the same time as well as the first time. You know whats best for the next day. We are going to be in the middle and the other day I was.
Those are actually aluminum clips that hold the yoke
defend+some comes are glued to the tube so the posts usually on bigger one have to be snapped off before you can twist the cone.sometimes inserting a flathead screwdriver between the cone and the tube and gently twisting it right and left will break it loose.
hapless repairman or comedic genius? you decide
Actually those are gold than arcade enthusiasts, we use old TVs to replace the tubes that have burn in
I have a larger tv set. A hitachi i think and the yoke on it wont just twist off what do i do?
YOKE tip most have 2 steel clips on the ferrite core pry them off you will see a line groove put a chisel or old screw driver in it and a light tap or some you can pry that will fracture the ferrite yoke in two halfs.
a little late but thank you sir.
That tv being halfway off the table at the start scares me😂
Edit: I’m farther in the video and JESUS CHRIST YOU’RE ROUGH WITH THE TUBE😭
I doubt you could even pay for the calories you used with those $3.75.
SeltsamerAttraktor its a hobby not a job
Be careful with the capacitors and the crt itself because those can carry thousands of volts and can actually kill you so use caution
LOL!
I don't think the TV was plugged into the mains while he dismantled it.
So tell me what should i do with my old working antique pc. 3.75 dollars WTF
killed that flybacks wire
ya i was thinking that ha ha it's just clamped into the hole all he had to do was (make sure it was discharged) and unconnect it he probably didn't realize some people would probably buy it from him for more than his scrap.
Kolin Evans yes
My old tv gave out gas is it harmfull I was for 10 secs over tgere
Whats inside the screen?
Almost nothing.
You have a sheet of phosphor (the black part you see) protected by the glass you see.
Then a electron gun at the other end. Kind of a fancy name for tin foil with a coil behind it. Pretty much. Then the yoke is a big magnet that aim the flying electrons coming off the electron gun, as they hit the phosphor, it glows. I may be prong on some parts, but I tried
not worth the time for 40 cents in scrap
Domenic Brangiforte $3.75 of scrap.
is there any motor??
inventor binod no
gaming nd creation yes, looks like a little transformer
pomah+why pay when people will give them away for free?
In my area Long Island NY transformers are only .09 cent a pound..18lbs being ONLY 1.68 kinda pis.....ed me off...it was alot of unsoldering to get that..and I think No 2 copper is ONLY $1.60 now...this is terrible....it is not like it use to be..oh and cars are .07 cent a pound..that would be like 200$ for a car now..
+Kennynva T. Yea - prices are pretty terribly low at the moment
what do you do with the tube?
I have a local recycling place that will take them for free. Some places want you to pay a small fee.
Nice
i LOLed when he said stripper
Are you 12 or something?
प्लीज़ कोई मुझे trasister S2000N का ekulant बता सकता है जो थॉमसन tv के होरिजेंटल में लगा है
If you'd stop cutting up those degaussing wires you could use a simple utility knife to strip the entire thing much easier than you did with your little stripping tool and you wouldn't waste any of the copper that is in it. (They're much easier to strip with a utility knife when they're in one circular piece.)
I've cut open at least 500 of those things...all with a utility knife.
If you insist on continuing to use your stripping tool, stop bending the hell out of the wire before you strip it. It'll slide through your tool much more easily.
Have fun!
I use a hook blade in my utility knife. They are made for cutting vinyl flooring. They are much easier to use, and safer.
This is hilarious and sad at the same time that you think this is an effective way of making money.
Very easy
Easy
so... I didn't need to panic when I heard the hissing?
Hannah Juhl lol, nope
U can recyal glass
奇實靑铜黄銅炼熔後再加入炼熔的红铜，可制成玫瑰金系，亦可加另原素成紫糸，似人体不小心撞上他人手上，隔天後会出现的色系。
所以无溶爐勿乱己炼，且空气易有污和失火的危险。
学術論。
爷，怎收多旧螢幕?，会研。
刘宇龙 I would say, yes.
kawaii desu nya to you too
You may not make a lot of money but you sure do practice your math...
If its a working CRT, don't take it apart. Give it to someone that actually appreciates this technology. There are reasons why some people still want these, especially for playing retro games.
In my area, you can't even give these away.
@@KeyFobRob Not allowed or no takers?
@@TheGreatNathan No takers. They also sell them at our local goodwill for 1-10cents
News flash, no one cares about retro gamers, except retro gamers. it would take far longer to find a buyer than to take out the copper, palladium and silver and sell it.
Did that do progressive scan component ?
=/ lotsa game consoles crying @ these murder vids lolll
I thought that poisonus gas came out when you broke the tube
dynamite disruptor Technically there is no gas inside the tube. It's a vacuum. The sound is actually the vacuum being filled. That being said, Some of these contain cadmium, which is a toxic heavy metal. You should definitely avoid inhaling any of this by wearing a good filter mask.
They're just dangerous when you sit in front of them when there on, you get hit with X-radiation, warning stickers are on actual tube (back side where nobody can see them unless you take them apart).
working flybacks coud sell for 5- 10 dollars and the other transformers are worth more then there weight in copper so try to salvage them undamaged and sell em for more. the rest you can sell per pound. also the speakers could be worth more if reused for other projects.
Wow and someone like me likes to SMASH stuff that is no good, or NOT worth money LOL!. I used 2 scrap 4 cash in the late 1999-2005 time frames, I had fun then. It was worth it for money,fun smashing something carefully and I actually had my own minivan.
I've bin cut buy tv glass no fun 14 stiches across the wrist it a bad scar tho
I know this is an old video, however, has an arcade Enthusiast this just makes me cringe. You can't even buy McDonald's Happy Meal for this price and yet you're throwing out some really good stuff. People are stupid they don't understand that sometimes the glass tubes and these other components can be transferred to another set. Again being in the arcade sing we're always looking for good tubes try and transfer and hears people smashing them up for a few pennies
I use the exact same gloves lol
They work well for me!
i have 10 crt televisons
Or fix the other one, that will be less waste to the land
Hi. You must mentioned with so strong stress, High voltage about 50000 volts is inside tv .so people who don't know it can kill !!!!!??? So you must mentioned this must discharge by a wire and screw driver to chassis ground .this is bad fault !!!!???
LOL!
I don't think the TV was plugged into the mains while he dismantled it.
@@petergreen1869 Capacitors can hold charge for years if there isn't enough humidity to swarm the electric fields around the caps and carry away (or add) electrons until it's dead. They're still potentially dangerous even if they've been unplugged for a very long time...
of course only if the tv is broken beyond repair that you want to do this so you get 3 dollars by just destroying it which is fun so that's literally better than free.
OMG noo, why?
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Can I have the speakers for 8$ au
This is just sad, let's take something that arcade and other enthusiasts appreciate that are no longer in production and destroy it to make a few bucks. Literally can sell a working crt online for 10 times what you make on the strip down.
this was uploaded almost 8 years ago, crt tv prices have jumped since then because of hobbyists, i imagine when this video was made though they were dirt cheap and really common to come across
Brilliant! Let me buy a $20 specialty screwdriver set so that I can extract 50 cents worth of metal per TV. After busting up only 40 TVs, the set pays for itself. Ah ha ha! IDIOT.
Haha.. I must admit.. I thought the same thing. $3.75 for all that labor. However I am thankful for scrapper people.. They are saving our planet. Thank you Scrappers! Yay Recycling!
If you do the math you can justify it. Took him only 10mins while he was explaining how to. Would probably only take 5mins if he went to town. Say 7-8 tv's/big electronics in an hour.. that's almost $30. Also, better than dumping in some landfill.
+Ohm Zen well considering this is a how to video yes very slow & a lot of work for $3.75. but with the proper tools & bulk amount of tvs & once you know what your doing is quick & easy. once you get the proper tools & know what the flip you are doing, I can stip one yolk gauze & all in 3 to 5 mins that's 12 to 20 in an hr hence why I said you need bulk times that by 3.75 on the average TV $45 to $75 an hr. the bigger ones he talks about I've pulled 6 lbs of copper out. $10.50 a TV just on the copper now do 12 an hr $126. still not worth your time.
I can see why your name is Joe Blow. Lower yourself because it's Scrappers like this at as keeping horrible items out of our landfill and keeping our world clean. I think Scrappers and people who recycle should be considered Heroes of the environment. Until the time he spits grabbing that television was time-saving this and that's time well worth the effort
TheEcoGuys Most of the tv still goes to the landfill.
Somewhat informative but hella wasteful. So many other ways to make way more money off of old tvs without destroying them and taking so long.
Such as?
@@jaredjohnson8387 selling specific boards And parts for replacements on other ppls tv's which have broken.
Can you use a Soldering iron and not ur hands.I'm an 11year old electronic hobbyist and I salvage unstripped wire and those electromagnets u hammered (that part reaaaaaallllllllllly pissed me off, scientific my ass) and those transformers u just ripped like it was nothing and those speakers from TVs. I'd like to say this was a bad video and it made me angry
Edit: where's the motor
And those so called "motors" are called capacitors
It's hilarious you nutters get so bent out of shape over a man enjoying his hobby. If you care to much go buy all the trash TVs I still see littering the curbs every morning.
Be careful with the capacitors and the crt itself because those can carry thousands of volts and can actually kill you so use caution
LOL!
I don't think the TV was plugged into the mains while he dismantled it.
@@petergreen1869 Does NOT matter! The tube is a giant capacitor that can hold a huge charge, it should be discharged first - look it up, the process should be noted and followed in any crt dismantling informational video.
what do you do with the CRT tube?
Dig a hole in your backyard and Bury the crt tube in it, just hope nobody digs it up in the future
Can I bury it in your back yard?
Yes sure you can, just wear some thick clothing because my rottweiler can be vicious 🤣
@@ciaran1449 Can I bribe him with a steak bone?
@@wrecktifier1 You could try but he prefers human flesh