How to Recover Copper From TV Yokes - 2 Ways

In this video I show 2 different ways to scrap copper yokes from old tv's and I also show if it's better to sell them as they are or fully scrap them.
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[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for watching! Make sure to hit the thumbs up and hit that subscribe button if you enjoyed what you watched. God bless y’all!

[@jesusfelan604]

I scrap these all the time. But it's getting harder to find these old tube tvs. Definately worth it though.

[@scrapitall200]

@@jesusfelan604 they are definitely getting harder to find but absolutely worth it to me as well. Thank you for watching

[@BushDogScrapper]

Thank you so much for that most beautiful prayer Brother I owe you so much for all the strength I just praise Jesus with my whole heart and I pray for nothing but the best for you and all your loved ones! God Bless

[@scrapitall200]

It’s all God brother but you’re welcome and thank you for that prayer. It means a lot.

[@scrapitall200]

God bless!

[@murlbailer3755]

I watch the Tin Man 👍. Yesterday it was aluminum ladders.

[@scrapitall200]

Right on buddy! I’ve seen quite a few of his videos. Thank you for watching

[@davidcarlisle3384]

Thank You for the information 👍😊.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy for watching.

[@donnussbaum4234]

Amen

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for watching. God bless you.

[@kevinsturgess1475]

👍

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you!

[@ScrappingScotland]

I love these. Easy to scrap and nice easy copper. Live up to their money bell name brother

[@scrapitall200]

Me too! Thank you for watching brother with all that’s going on in your life right now!

[@KrzysztofKomor]

Super.🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you, I appreciate that!

[@patrickwilliams4613]

Your videos are brilliant

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy, I really appreciate that. I actually just saw your first comment a few minutes ago. Not sure why KZbin hid it from me for so long Thank you for watching.

[@kennethsisti]

I've been doing them for years. I always had people give me their old TV's to me. Those old tube type TV's are getting scarce. I've discovered a lot of the wire around the tube was aluminum. God bless you and your family.

[@scrapitall200]

They are definitely getting harder and harder to find. I’ve had pretty good success with them being copper but I’ve found a couple that were aluminum. Thank you so much, I really appreciate that and God bless you and all of your loved ones.

[@scrappingonthefly77]

Love them money bells! Thank you for the mention, i really appreciate it. Glad you liked it ,!

[@scrapitall200]

Stickers turned out nice! Thanks again

[@patrickwilliams4613]

Thank you

[@scrapitall200]

You’re welcome buddy!

[@leocorneillier1996]

😎👍👍👍

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy for watching!

[@ariesmariano4592]

Very very nice work

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much

[@markinator8826]

Amen!! 🙏

[@scrapitall200]

Amen brother!

[@scott-kf1bi]

I actually found an old microwave the other day, full of copper. Rarety.

[@scrapitall200]

That’s awesome! I found one that was double copper and it wasn’t that old.

[@scrapbongo]

Great job, enjoyed the breakdown /cheers

[@scrapitall200]

Hey buddy, longtime! Thank you for popping in.

[@scrapbongo]

@@scrapitall200 glad to be back and wow you are doing great things. Awesome

[@scrapitall200]

@@scrapbongo I hope everything has been ok with you. Glad to see you back.

[@scrapbongo]

@@scrapitall200 thanks so much

[@scrapitall200]

@@scrapbongo you’re welcome

[@PhilRichards-o4h]

If you did quite a few of these together it would add up. thankyou scrapitall God bless

[@scrapitall200]

Absolutely. They are quite easy to do. Thank you and God bless you too.

[@josephcormier5974]

It's always worth doing those and the only aluminum I have found in the old bubble back TV was on the heat sinks and some times the degussin wire. Excellent video awesome content thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother

[@scrapitall200]

I agree, anytime something has copper is worth it. Ok cool, thank you for sharing your experience brother! Have a great weekend!

[@Plains_Scrapper]

I like dissasembling things so i liked the non hammer version better.

[@scrapitall200]

Me too, I find it to be so much fun and relaxing. Thank you for watching.

[@empirefinds]

Do not get me wrong I love the copper content of crystal ray televisions. But what I really love is the red plastic capacitors wit gold bottoms that you can not see until you liberate from there plastic prisons. Awesome episode brother and a glorious day the lord has provided beautiful here in England today. Stay safe brother awesome episode

[@scrapitall200]

You definitely like liberating gold from their plastic prisons 😂 Thank you so much brother. That’s wonderful and I hope you have a great weekend! God bless.

[@ScorpionMetals]

Cool

[@scrapitall200]

@@ScorpionMetals thank you buddy.

[@Virginianative1968]

Thanks for a great video on money bells lol...looks like the disassembly way you did for the first one took less time than the hammer method of the 2nd one, plus no mess

[@scrapitall200]

I’d say it was a little quicker and the less mess is a bonus. Thank you for watching buddy, I appreciate it

[@ironangel667]

Bashin acshin

[@scrapitall200]

Not a bad idea 😂 Thank you for watching.

[@KPaul7]

My very first yoke was aluminum. It was out of a GE I think and late 90's or early 2000's. Even the thick wire around the tube was as well. Thank you for another great video ❤

[@scrapitall200]

Oh wow, thank you brother for sharing your experience. Hope you have a wonderful week You’re still in my prayers brother.

[@KPaul7]

@scrapitall200 Thank you Brother ❤️ Praying on my knees daily

[@scrapitall200]

You’re welcome! Our prayers will make a difference.

[@charlesschulz8416]

Dont forget the cable that surrounds the picture tube some i come across were copper coated aluminium wire but others mainly copper

[@scrapitall200]

Yeah they can be aluminum sometimes 😢 Thank you for watching

[@HHRecycling]

Well, obviously being nice is the way to go! Less mess, and it seemed to take about the same time.

[@scrapitall200]

I agree, plus less mess is always nicer lol.

[@jpreia]

in a batch of 10 old crt tv's i found ONE aluminium yolk, yes they exist and it's easy to tell the difference just by looking, it's just like in the microwave power supplies, the wire's varnish its redish... red-wine redish.

[@scrapitall200]

Great to know, thank you.

[@lljairsoft1201]

Another great video today James! Just took two loads of scrap in today and make about $130 bucks! I love scrapping yolks cause they’re super easy cooper. God bless!

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you brother! That’s great. How’s your prices? Me too, easy copper is the best. God bless you too and enjoy your weekend.

[@lljairsoft1201]

@@scrapitall200 prices are pretty bad right now. I took In steel and some alluminum and some ACR’s. Steels at about 160 per ton and clean extruded alluminum is at 40 cents per pound

[@scrapitall200]

@@lljairsoft1201 interesting. I know steel is sort of down for some folks but aluminum has been going up.

[@lljairsoft1201]

@@scrapitall200 interesting. How are prices out by you?

[@scrapitall200]

@@lljairsoft1201 they seem to always stay the same. I’m not entirely sure about copper but I’m hoping to sell my hoard within the next month.

[@BushDogScrapper]

Thank you so much for the shout out Brother! This is a eggcellent video on the wonderful money bells! God Bless

[@scrapitall200]

No problem

[@ThatsRightRecycling]

Congratulations on 15k 🎉🎉

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you friend!

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

Thx mate, it surprising how many fat back tv I still find on herbicide cleanup which happens once a year here in Brisbane Australia. I scrap them on the street, same with microwaves. That way I don't have to deal ginging them home. Cheers Graham

[@scrapitall200]

It is amazing how many of them are still out there. That’s a great idea buddy! I’m just happy I can recycle the rest of the tv for free. Thank you and have a great week my friend.

[@ChrissyLarson]

My bf had an aluminum Bell a few weeks ago the tape wrapped wire that goes around the back side of the glass was aluminum as well. He says it's the only one he remembers finding

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for sharing that, I appreciate hearing his experience.

[@Followerofchrist878]

Great video brother as always! God bless you and all of your loved ones!

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much brother. God bless you!

[@Followerofchrist878]

@@scrapitall200you’re welcome!

[@scrapitall200]

Have a great weekend

[@RobertSechrist-dm6to]

I have never found aluminum yokes either until this week. I took 120 lbs. of yokes to a scrap yard to sell. The first thing the employee did was scratch a bell with a file. It was aluminum underneath. I was shocked! I had him scratch another and it was aluminum too. I had never had this problem before so I'm going to go through all the scrap and check for aluminum. I hope there's not too much.

[@scrapitall200]

Oh wow, I really didn’t think they used aluminum in them but I thank you for sharing your experience! I’ll definitely be checking them closer from now on. Thank you for watching.

[@bocamint4937]

Yes, I got a yoke that had Aluminum wire. It looked like Copper because of the coating on the wire. It ruined a whole batch of Copper I was melting and the crucible too. The alloy it created had a nice Salmon color to it, but was near worthless, and had to be sold as impure Copper.

[@scrapitall200]

Oh wow, thank you for sharing your experience. That’s a major bummer.

[@ewastemike7700]

I sell them to Boardsort.

[@scrapitall200]

Come on, Mike, live a little and scrap them 🤣 I know you’re way too busy for this hobby scrapping stuff. Thank you bud for watching.

[@ThatsRightRecycling]

I have never found any aluminum yokes, but maybe one day.😊 Awesome video Scrapper

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy!

[@JohnJoe-pf8of]

Awesome

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy!

[@JohnJoe-pf8of]

You're welcome God bless

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you and God bless you too brother!

[@trezokache9803]

Challenge to locate an aluminum yoke gladly accepted. Scrap on Brother. Thx for the content.

[@scrapitall200]

Apparently they do exist from a few comments I’ve received. Thank you for watching brother

[@CoStarRecycling]

Before I watch. I'll answer the question. Absolutely worth it.

[@scrapitall200]

I agree! As a hobby scrapper I’m going after as much copper as possible! Thank you for watching.

[@tamaragentry2861]

I was so glad to see your video this morning. I am just getting in to scrapping. This was very helpful.

[@scrapitall200]

Awesome, I’m happy my video is helpful. Thank you for watching.

[@GDSavingThePast]

I do love watching how easy you make it look.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you my friend. Experience is so valuable with anything we do. Hope you have a great holiday weekend!

[@GDSavingThePast]

@@scrapitall200 Hope you have a great weekend as well buddy.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you!

[@stoneageart9965]

The degaussing cables are a huge money maker 4 on each old TV

[@scrapitall200]

They are as long as they are copper, sometimes they’ll be copper coated aluminum.

[@stoneageart9965]

@@scrapitall200 not come across any like that.got a few wool sacks of your bells and a bag of cables

[@scrapitall200]

@@stoneageart9965 awesome! I think I’ve found two that were aluminum and 10 that were copper.

[@al9929]

Love it!!! Great info. Fabulous prayer.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much! God bless you.

[@scrapnjunk81]

Great video. Got to love the money bells

[@scrapitall200]

Love easy copper for sure, plus, the name is cool.

[@bearhardcorepicker]

Done lots of yokes over the years. Many people don't realize there is a major potential shock hazzard in taking them out of TVs/monitors. The Flyback transformer can hold enough juice in it to kill if it hasn't been discharged either manually or over time. The electrolytic capacitors in the power supply section hold even more of a charge.

[@scrapitall200]

These were already removed so I couldn’t show how to safely and properly remove them.

[@bearhardcorepicker]

@@scrapitall200 Might want to do a video on their removal, too. Was thinking I'd do one, but I've been slowing down my scrapping activities dramatically over the past few years.

[@scrapitall200]

@@bearhardcorepicker thanks buddy!

[@curtispederson9390]

Never and i scrap a lot of them i have a dozen wateing

[@scrapitall200]

Ok cool, thank you!

[@smitchlego]

hello

[@scrapitall200]

Hello

[@davidbrowne8654]

Of all the tvs i taken apart in 15 yrs even the cheap brand tvs are copper yoke , the wire around the is aluminum tho on the cheap tvs

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@dr.a006]

Crumbled ferrite is messy! I don’t bash them anymore.

[@scrapitall200]

I definitely prefer not to smash stuff and make a mess but I was happy how well the towel kept it all contained.

[@nicejunk666]

Thanks for showing both the humane way and not so humane way

[@scrapitall200]

No problem 🤣🤣

[@piecesofpete5921]

🤙🤙👍 i break down all i find 😁✌️

[@scrapitall200]

Awesome! Thanks for watching buddy.

[@jesusfelan604]

Yep, besides the bells, there is much aluminum , insulated wire, and other copper tid bits. Respect to you bro.

[@scrapitall200]

@@jesusfelan604 thank you brother!

[@classifiedsnake3947]

Congrats on 15k 🎉🎉🎉

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you!

[@jeffw9888]

someone has three old TVs in garage and i took out those and used hammer to break up

[@scrapitall200]

Awesome! Thank you for watching

[@nicejunk666]

Congrats on 15k

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy.

[@FC-qe1wl]

As for aluminum in the yokes, I have not found one yet. Which leads to a question. Has any one ever ran across an aluminum motor armature ? All the motors I have scrapped with aluminum windings they all still have copper armatures . I guess if one lives long enough they will see anything

[@scrapitall200]

I have twice found aluminum armatures from small motors, but overwhelmingly they’ve been copper. Thank you for watching.

[@brian56]

I've done many and never saw an aluminum yoke. Anymore ,tho,its hard getting hard to find any yokes

[@scrapitall200]

Good to know, thank you. I still seem to find lots but they are going away. Thank you for watching

[@MarcelSchr]

I'm wondering if there are differences between countries. I live in Germany and have disassembled around 100 motors, and only one or two of them had aluminum windings. Generally, I hardly ever see aluminum instead of copper. Even the microwaves I've had were full copper transformer. I wonder if more copper is used due to some EU regulations or if I just got lucky. Thanks for the video!

[@scrapitall200]

There might be some truth to that. A lot of stuff here in the USA is made in China and even though I’m sure China makes things for European countries, they might have stricter quality standards. Thank you for watching buddy.

[@nicejunk666]

10th

[@scrapitall200]

Woohoo

[@ThatsRightRecycling]

Better late than never, right? @Nice Junk 😂

[@scrapitall200]

That’s right!!

[@HHRecycling]

I've never found an aluminum one. Lots of aluminum degaussing cables though.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy

[@steveherr450]

I haven't found aluminum yokes either yet.

[@scrapitall200]

Good to know, thanks buddy.

[@CoilsDesign]

You could of sold the CRT monitors for alot more money

[@scrapitall200]

No definitely not 😂

[@woodworkingandepoxy643]

Did you ever have another channel? You sound like this guy i saw before that was like, thecarguy or something that also did scrapping videos sometimes

[@scrapitall200]

No this is my first ever channel. Thank you for watching my friend.

[@RécupérationSquad]

Congratulations on 15k 🥳🥳

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you!

[@saschakonze6867]

Hey SIA! Thank you for this video. I dont like these crumbling shred pieces, the make so much of a mess. i`d rather cut the copper off. But thats just me :) - Have a nice week, see u next saturday, mate!

[@scrapitall200]

I’m with you on that, I definitely don’t like messy stuff like that. Thank you my friend and I hope you have a fantastic week ahead. See ya next Saturday!

[@TheGforcead]

One way I use to get the glue off the copper on those black grafite thing is my wire brush wheel, I leave it on and don't break it until after I wire brush wheel all the glue off, then break the black grafite, making sure I can sweep it up, those shards are sharp, you don't want it on the ground in your yard . I do lawnmower repair ('81 to '95 I was SNAPPER dealer) so I always have a coarse grinding wheel/wire brush wheel table grinder to sharpen mower blades, drill bits, axes, and keep my chisels and punches in sharp working order. I want to warn you there is some steel wire in televisions. I burn the. plastic off my copper wire and ever time I cut wire out of t.v. the steel wire gets mixed in so I don't cut any of it out. Also I have never seen aluminium core copper coated wire on the picture tube bells. I even do the projecton tv ones, they have lots of magnifying glasses in them and when the colors seperate its because the reflector mirror warps, they use three projecters with three color combinations to make the picture. Also no.2 copper is currently $3.63 lb in eaatern NC. They changed rules for no.1, it has to be shiney, green or brown is no.2. also Yellow Brass is $2. Some friends of mine sold some discarded Shrimp trawler propellers they found in woods they were cleaning up,they were over 1 ft wide, very heavy solid Brass! The Pamlico Sound not far from where I live has shrimp, fish and oyster, they live on those big trawlers for sometimes a week. I hate to have to tear up those old TV's, the digital channel boxes should not cost so much, I have recycled many old analog TV's that had pretty color picture, for the cost of a channel box you can buy a digital television. I hate waste, repurpose, reuse, recycle! Lilley Recycling loves your videos, better to recycle it now because it will cost a lot to dig it up and recycle it later!

[@scrapitall200]

That’s a great tip for cleaning the glue off, thank you. Wow, that’s a heck of a score they found. Thank you so much for watching and for your comment.

[@katough]

this vid came at the right time. i just got my first crt to scrap and i haven't even opened it yet. besides the circuit boards and insulated wire, will this be the bulk of the copper recovery do you think?

[@scrapitall200]

Awesome! Wrapped around the tv tube itself will be a black degaussing cable and they are typically copper, although they sometimes can be aluminum. It’ll look like it’s wrapped with black electrical tape. Thank you for watching.

[@ScrapMan69]

I got a few of them that I need to do! That’s the best way to do it smash it! Copper copper all adds up buddy another awesome video buddy!

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for watching buddy!

[@ScrapMan69]

@@scrapitall200 your are very welcome buddy!

[@scrapitall200]

Have a great holiday weekend buddy!

[@jimmyholt8087]

Have never seen an aluminum yoke but have seen aluminum degausing cable

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for your comment. Yeah I’ve found a few of those, disappointing when that happens Thank you for watching.

[@Rick-m4o]

Great video sir

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much!

[@WilhelmFreidrich]

Seems like the gentle approach is more efficient.

[@scrapitall200]

I didn’t have a timer but I would lean towards that method over bashing with a hammer. Thank you.

[@ThatsRightRecycling]

Hey Y'all

[@scrapitall200]

👍

[@harsheditz2490]

Love this❤

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you my friend!

[@harsheditz2490]

@@scrapitall200 my pleasure 😀

[@scrapitall200]

Have a great weekend!

[@thegrumpygerman]

So much work for pennies. Smh

[@scrapitall200]

It’s hardly any work at all. Plus I’m a hobby scrapper and it’s a lot of fun. Most hobbies cost money, this one actually makes money.

[@GeorgiaDogScrapper]

Very informative, I like the hammer method, as always enjoy your videos. May God bless you my friend, I know that you pray for everyone that watch your videos. I am here to say that those that watch should also pray for you as you always are here for us and we need to be there for you. Take care my friend and I will see you on the next video.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you brother I really appreciate everything you said! Have a great week and I pray God will bless you and help you with whatever it is you need.

[@ScorpionMetals]

I like those.

[@scrapitall200]

Pretty easy copper!