Scrapping A Flatscreen TV - How To Make Money From A Scrap TV!

[@winfordnettles3292]

I have collected "broken" flat screen tv's for several years. Sometimes, if it is an easy fix, like replacing a board, then I sell the working tv for several times what the part cost to fix it. I have, on occasion, collected the tv's, and, when testing them, found that they were thrown out just because the person wanted a higher resolution or a tv with more apps preloaded. Two of these I now use in my work shop. They work well, have good enough resolution for my shop environment, and, didn't cost a thing. The best part is that the ones that I fixed and sold, or, fixed and now use, don't go into a landfill and provide entertainment for me and other people. Reuse is not a bad word.

[@ASimpleHeroinUser]

I just started collecting 'broken' tvs

[@ChrissyLarson]

Ok so good info that you have given however you missed or left out some details that iv learned from scrapping with my man for 7 years. The first tv you messed around with is a plasma. They are very heavy even though they are flat. A plasma tv has about 3-4 pounds of copper transformers on the boards as well as all the round things that are wrapped with copper wire. We don't clean small transformers we just throw them in a bucket till it's full. But the round things wrapped in Cooper on a big plasma there is around 2 pounds of copper all you have to do is cut the wire connection to the board and hit the round things once with a hammer and the middle part the copper is wrapped around disintegrates and you pull the copper apart and discard the middle. Also if you take just the transformers and copper wrapped round things, the wire and aluminum a person with a drill for the screws can get it apart and ready to sell to the scrap yard in under half hour. With the prices in southern Ontario where we are it's worth around $11 so I would say worth it not for gold tho. We also have no one to buy gold boards ect.

[@mollynakamori]

I know I will never scrap a thing, but love watching these. Thanks, Thub.

[@thubprint]

Well thank YOU for letting me do my thing 😎

[@RighBread]

@CYRUS DAWSON Because it's interesting?

[@mbburry4759]

@CYRUS DAWSON time

[@vvskiitlesvv]

I watch because it calms my ocd

[@mollynakamori]

@CYRUS DAWSON - just found this. Sorry for the late response, but why do you care?

[@apleasantmisery]

Lots of gold fingers in flat screens. I can knock out 20 in an hour. Depending on the TV. At first it's difficult but now I've learned a safe and fast why of doing them. Worth the time.

[@REDHEADSARETOPS]

Wait, are you saying you learned a DIFFERENT WAY to grab the goodies that aren't here on my fav youtube channel? Well? No PT here girl. (I'm assuming you're a girl, cuz I came across a few who got the main vein ready to put out a fire and discovered there wasn't a fire, or even a spark. Just a manipulating funk and wagnalls reader excited about the power of womanhood. #ustoo

[@andrewrobertson3894]

@@REDHEADSARETOPS This is the first time in over twenty years that I've even seen someone mention Funk and Wagnalls, so I hope you'll forgive me for staring.

[@ralph5450]

Put the magnet in a thin rag. After picking up the screws turn the rag into a sort of bag and pull the magnet off. Dump the screws.

[@thubprint]

Ooooh, I like that a lot

[@ralph5450]

@@thubprint yeah and saves you from getting poked by pointy things like drywall screws when you're picking them up

[@georgedreisch2662]

Being heavy on the diy side of things, I find saving and organizing screws, various flat and perforated metal panels, fans, power supplies, etc, money savers, for various other projects…

[@artdonovandesign]

As soon as you hit your thumb, I hit "Like". Taking apart flat screens obtained at the dump has become a hobby of mine. I simply can't pass one up! They contain cool translucent and silvered plastic sheets for artists. But the BEST part is the OPTICAL SHEETS. You've seen them. They're flat Fresnel screens. Not with the typical concentric rings, but rather horizontally-etched surfaces that do the coolest things with light. I pass on all the hardware, metal, plastic and LED strips and chips.

[@iknownutting]

your a recycler--excellent --

[@MZRFaith]

man, i've been in and out of jobs and stuff like this definitely helps in between and honestly you can learn a lot, thanks for the content brother!

[@scrappersteve6372]

I picked up 250 flatscreens from a return center. I have taken apart 170 so far. I have 12 pounds of screws, an 18 gallon tote of copper, a 1/4 barrel of power cords, 2 trash cans of circuit boards, 2 5 gallon buckets of aluminum, a quart of brass and half of a 5 gallon bucket of aluminum and zinc (mixed because i ran out of buckets)!! I can strip 7 to 10 TVs an hour depending on size.

[@murdermuseum8280]

pass!

[@Vizneezee100]

🙄😳

[@willpascarella4509]

@@Vizneezee100 holy shit 7 -10 tvs. I just started working as a tv scrapper. Do you have any tips or is it just getting my own style eventually

[@KLAWNINETY]

That's crazy, how much did you make and how long did it take you to tear them all down?

[@Mrjazzzery]

@@KLAWNINETYhow much ?????$$$$$

[@lancesmith4902]

I have taken hundreds of flatscreen TVs apart. I have noticed that you’re throwing your screws away. You need to get you a bucket, and put them screws in there. I have a metal 5 gallon bucket that is level full of little bitty screws that came out of flatscreen TVs. I can only pick it up about each off of the floor and that’s it, because it is so heavy. You can sell that for Scrap Metal as well. They will buy it. I will take a plastic dishwasher. I strip all the wire out of it. And the painted aluminum from the front, if there is any stainless steel inside the dishwasher, I take that off, and any brass, I may see, then you can take your screws and small pieces of scrap and put inside the dishwasher and sell it. I have been scrapping now for over 30 years, I have a humongous, astronomical amount of circuit boards. Better known as motherboards. When Bill Gates mother gets bored, do you know what he calls her? He calls her motherboard. I just don’t know what all to take off of these boards. They are different grades, I do know that much, but they do not want you to take anything off of it. But sometimes I take the aluminum grid off, and some of the copper off. I probably got enough to fill up a 6 foot bed on a half ton pick up level full , maybe even more than that. 0n a tube TV, I will take everything out, including all of the screws. Then I will take the tube out and hit it very carefully to let the gas out. I will take the top end that the copper wire cone was on, because there is metal there that can be scraped. Then I will cut the steel band off. Then I will put the rest of the tube in the trash can. And then I will break the glass tube up into small pieces. Then I will take the piece of metal out, dump what pieces of glass back out. Then I will take the piece of metal out lay it on the ground, and step on it to make it flatter. And I will sell it for scrap metal. The flat green TV that you took apart, that had the green broken glass in it, it is called a plasma TV. If the circuit boards are in good shape, you can sell them online, on eBay, or craigslist.

[@RhondaPhillips-o2p]

How do you know if the circuit boards are in good shape? How can you tell?

[@coltonjones595]

​@@RhondaPhillips-o2pin all honesty if your breaking them off tvs and your not very careful your likely to break them if the are green on both sides and don't have a shit ton of transformers on top they are considered mid grade boards my yard gives me two bucks a LB for them if it has gold fingers it's a high grade board anything else or boards that get broken are considered low grade boards they fetch about 60 cents a LB at my yard there is alot of money in chip boards but if you are careful and the motherboards are coming out of a computer that's not extremely old it's most definitely worth throwing them on eBay you'll get 10x as much hope that helps

[@RhondaPhillips-o2p]

@coltonjones595 thanks!

[@christymckee8133]

where i live you get more money if you take stuff off the circuit board

[@RandyZimmerman-pp5wj]

Here in the states scrap metal has gone up so it's worth it

[@courtney5948]

I think you're just like me bro you get comfort and relaxation on just breaking down things finding what's actually in. And then to I bet you make more money off your KZbin channel than you do scrapping.. that's all I had to say peace and love bro. 😊 I am a scrapper down here in Memphis Tennessee

[@shaneyork300]

I know how little of money and gold is on a flatscreen t.v. but I still pick up the ones I know are not the ones that has pennies of gold in it. I recover and refine gold as a hobby so it's fun to get the finger strip boards and other gold plated items out of the good ones. Have a GREAT Day!!!

[@kentieber7309]

loved you video from the first few seconds. im 55 now and have been scrapping since i was 14. yes, theres a ton of screws to undo to scrap. i put them in containers and they go on the scrap trailer with everything else.

[@inadad8878]

I can't believe this man threw out the screws. I don't think I ever threw a screw away!

[@donnya205]

I enjoyed watching your videos. Im 61 years old . Taking apart my soon to be scrap Tv will be my next bucket list of things to do .

[@microponics2695]

The best part of a flat screen is the polarizer sheets. Some are actually created by electroplating platinum metal on to them. Other than that they're really cool and you can make little outside grow tent enclosures out of them. I made a mini hoop house with them they last forever unless you live somewhere cold then they may get brittle after 2 years.

[@jees3474]

@@alienrocketscienceshared8454Nuh uh

[@joestalin2375]

What is the polarizer sheets ?

[@idontknowmyfirstname69]

Theres a power supply board and main board. A lot of physical tactile switches will have s lil dot of pure gold foil as a contact. Definitely worth saving. Depending on your location there are recyclers that will buy glass it isnt much but it isnt hard to max out the hauling capacity of a pickup with the stuff either

[@monkeywentbananas]

Dude that flatscreen is ancient! I Just scrapped out an old Sony Bravia 2006 model today and it didn't have near as many circuit boards!

[@darthvadar2757]

I scraped that same TV last week and still have all the electronic parts. So this video is exactly what I need know. Thanks.

[@johanmiller7980]

Good day I'm from South Africa follow your videos, Iscrap a microwave, and behind the control panel on the circuit board was a round black thingi, so I open it and inside was a round flat thing looks like gold, it's non magnetic, not scratchable, I want to know if it is gold or some other presious metal, thanks. Greetings from South africa

[@azrielmateria8050]

I resell working boards for 20/50 each. And stock tvs to make 1 working one out of however many. And reselling 50 to 400. Just recently got back into scrapping. Usually resell what I find complete. Great videos byw.

[@joshymcdaniel9233]

How can you 100% be sure and verify they work though….?

[@azrielmateria8050]

@@joshymcdaniel9233 plug the TV in and see if it has sound etc.

[@user-yl6yy2yj3n]

Ive learned many ways to make the most from scrapping . GREAT VIDEOS THANKS

[@wozzajayscrapping9056]

I always assumed flat screens weren't worth the effort. Now I know for sure. Thanks from a Canucks fan living in South Australia 👍

[@leoc4901]

From another Canadian The black glass he thought was garbage actually contains iridium a material use in solar worth up to $100 Canadian and can be had by crushing and easy chemical separation also there is a nice sheet of plexiglass along with a fresnel lens. Have a nice day

[@leoc4901]

Iridium 100 a gram.

[@NobodyUR]

Iridium is quickly becoming the most expensive high use PM work with it everyday and trust me they remind us the price continues upward. One of these days they will listen to me when prices are down it is cheaper to buy as much as you can and pay the tax on the inventory. But 10+ years they haven't yet 🤣 Palladium is technically worth more but not used nearly as much in day to day industry as much as iridium, Ruthenium, and lithium

[@NobodyUR]

@@leoc4901 it's also used in a LOT of electrochemical anodes for many companies you buy from everyday somewhere in their supply chain Colgate, Clorox, Paper Producers, General Motors ect,ect it's only gotten demand increase. If prices continue to hover above 4k per troy your probably going to see that buisness shift, there already made a big transition to tantilium in that industry to replace at least some of that IR demand

[@jeffflanagan8834]

2nd Tv was fluorescent back light with mercury in tiny bulbs!

[@illusionisms]

Your personality is truely a wonderment …thank you for your honesty. And until next time…bye🧐✨

[@chdhrdcnj115]

It's amazing how much is in the older flat screens like the unit above vs the newer flat screens.. The newer units basically have a calculator and 2 crappy speakers.

[@PlatoonGoon]

Truth, I scrapped a 56" and it had just a single tiny board

[@mickscott6046]

totally if its a very light tv it only have 1/2 crappy boards now i dont bother on those 10000 screws 4 no return but the heavy ones forsure their loaded

[@writerNB]

thanx to thub for even bothering to make this vid: i learned a lot! (even though i've repaired electronics - all kinds - since forever). i used to collect aluminum cans, but found the actual cost of hauling the cans to the recycler cancelled out what i got for them... you live, you learn. i was surprised when thub said: "all those little pieces of gold are not even worth a dollar..." (gold has steadily increased in price) it's early days in my research: process of extracting gold from old PCBs seems time-consuming and dangerous. (maybe there's a a way of harvesting gold quicker with less dangerous chemicals)? (i'll try to find out). the big surprise is when thub mentioned palladium (MLCC capacitors). palladium is a very rare metal, much more valuable than gold and (probably) well-worth harvesting from scrap. tantalum was new to me, too (another rare metal). hauling metals cheaply (especially cheaper kinds) is probably a key to success. or, if you're clever enough, harvesting the very rare metals thub mentions. the way i see it, scrap-harvesting is a big service to humans, our communities and the economy generally. (the electronics industry is worth billions, so the demand for metals must be high). in my neck of the woods, "fly tipping" (people illegally dumping large items out in the streets) is a big problem: i literally find myself rescuing flat screen TVs and other items regularly. if i had a wood burner, i could keep myself warm all year with the amount of timber people discard... its amazing the valuable stuff people chuck-out.. anyway, i think knowledge is power with getting the most out of scrapping, so here's a run down of current metal prices for anyone interested. [happy hunting] zinc castings.... £1 - £2 ($2) per kilogram aluminum frames ... £0.60 - £1.40 ($1) per kilogram palladium per ounce > as of march 20, 2023: $1,339.00

[@jeanniestegner9915]

You can also make led sky light out of screens and sell them as well. Thanks for your video. Hope that tip helps you, as well as others. Enjoy. ✌️

[@tonyalba790]

I shipped a box or 2 of MB's, mem sticks and cpu's to a recycling plant across the country and made about $100. This was about 10 years ago. I believe recycling plants are beginning to ramp up nowadays because silver supplies are getting way tight and gold is shooting up quite a bit. But they won't be able to keep up with the solar panels and those will be much more difficult to recycle than Pc boards.

[@uelhunter8160]

You need to make money in radio with that golden voice bro

[@MichelleRoberts-vn9zu]

EXACTLY MY THOUGHTS WHEN I HEARD HIS VOICE!!

[@christopherleubner6633]

First tv you scrapped was a plasma phosphor array tv. They were very spendy back in the day. The chips and such are worth way more than scrap btw.

[@thubprint]

I definitely did not get the best value out of this lol

[@VtecdippinBB6siR]

Yeah when you see that many relays on the motherboard you know you got a good one

[@GMCLabs]

Those heatsinks are worth more as heatsinks than scrap. Electronics guys would buy em. As an EET guy, I didn't think I'd want anything in one of those, but those switching PS look nice. Probably the newer TVs have less stuff worth anything, but those old ones have some nice parts in them.

[@thubprint]

I actually hadn’t thought of that, but having a collection of heat sinks for sale would probably have a market!

[@mikeoco1850]

Those little metal panels on the back make good classifiers for gold panning sometimes

[@shellymicheleboyko7625]

I just wanted to say thank you so very much I've learned quite a bit from some of your videos

[@ak47bobbarke]

You are doing are planet a favor by collecting the metals out of TVs and electronics. Pat yourself on the back, it is worth it for further generations of people.

[@manin10]

The most useful piece of a modern flat screen tv is the back light. You can easily make an artificial daylight window.

[@ihopcsx]

It's for money not fashion

[@zachgilbert2551]

I do tons of ewaste here in the states. Flat screens are well worth my time. I have a buyers for all the boards so it works out great. Computers is where I make the most

[@thubprint]

Nice! Canada has a totally different system for ewaste so the boards are a very different game

[@devind2915]

What out of flat screens is worth scrapping if I'm in the states

[@Ddcfus4gs]

Thanks for showing those capacitors and resistors. That was super helpful

[@keithking1985]

That's a load circuitry in there, pretty sure it might have been a plasma screen TV, definitely wasn't cheap when 1st bought.. 😊

[@onyxfire7511]

My little 20 inch plasma tv was approximately $650-700 when it first came out, as I recall.

[@dougatkins3749]

I put them out for target practice makes disassembly easy

[@thubprint]

😂

[@oneshot8999]

like

[@alfredlamothe5268]

So I live north of Toronto in Aurora, Ontario for anyone doing it in this area. At Aim in Newmarket on Davis they buy whole flat-screens at 9 cents a lb. Otherwise I do strip down computers, some electronics, tvs down in Toronto near Weston Rd & Finch at CMI they buy motherboards for $1.30ish lb mixed, 30 cents lb for circuit boards, $5 lb for CPU chips just for example. Your videos are great thank you for the educational information

[@jamingaming9251]

Surface mounted boards are easy to depopulate with a heat gun and scrapper for the mill's, tantalum capacitors and other gold bearing items.

[@thubprint]

Heck yeah! I just don’t do enough of them to make the investment

[@inadad8878]

@@thubprint my heat gun was $30

[@kirkvanallensr6286]

I’m a new scrapper. Like watching your videos. I’m learning from my mistakes. Keep your videos up like watching them. I’m learning lol 😂

[@peterpratsch7223]

Keep an eye open for solid brass. It is pretty profitable if you can gather 15-20 pounds.

[@FireShine-ss4sb]

They used to make very large projection screen TVs and it was in a particleboard frame. They have a very nice gold cpu chip and a few optic lenses from europe. And they have a large freshnell lense for the screen backing. You can boil water off a mirror reflecting the sunlight under the pan of water. Very fun to take apart. Three lenses as big as your hand, 4" diameter. The hardest part about it is that you have to bust it up right on the street to get the parts into your trunk. They weigh over 100. All the sides collapse down after a few wacks. Look up the price of a freshnell lense at 2x3 feet. That's the coolest part.

[@ryurc3033]

Me and my son had one of these tvs to take apart(it was left behind in a rental) the lenses were alot of fun to play with, but had no idea the lenses were valuable. We just started fires focusing them on paper......

[@burtonholmes2096]

True that. I've had a lot of fun with mine.

[@MissAmazanda]

I've taken some tv's apart but where I live there are aluminum cans everywhere, thousands of them so to me that time would be better spent collecting all these cans especially if you live in a deposit state that gives 5 or 10 cents each for them...but taking tv's apart is kind of fun I have to say

[@mgomez91792]

Make it worth your while it always depends on how you do your stuff but recycling I like to recycle anything and everything I can get my hands on because it's very fun and exciting mostly learning about all these little parts inside and attached to a board which all these names I can't remember

[@hallemartinez6510]

Precious metals, including gold are measured in Troy Ounces. There are 31.103 grams in a Troy Great video

[@DracironSmith]

Thank you on the tip on the palladium. Don't throw away the steel. It isn't worth much, but it'll pay for the gas to get to the scrap yard. Why throw money away? The screws where the cables secure, those are often stainless. I usually check them. Takes a while to build up enough stainless to be worth it, but again why throw money away? There's tiny bits of copper on those boards. It adds up as #2 over time. Often a bit of aluminum also. The capacitors are aluminum but have a very toxic substance inside. Most yards won't take them as is and it's rather tedious to remove the plastic, then unstuff them for the aluminium but for the really big ones I make the effort. Just do in a well ventilated area and wear gloves while doing it.

[@thubprint]

All good points! The steel for sure, it piles up so quickly without any special effort. Stainless less so, but I’ve been really happy with my stainless payouts lately so I have to keep a bin for it going anyway. It depends on your situation though, the time and the storage space you have available. I think anybody who has a buyer for complete boards will probably be better to just leave as much as possible on them to keep the weight up.

[@deanbromerg8000]

How do you separate the gold from a gold plated whatever?

[@DracironSmith]

@@thubprint I just took about 5 tons of steel down to the yard this week. It builds up quick. Especially when scrapping appliances and PCs. True, storing it is a pain, but for the smaller stuff, screws, small pieces, etc I just take it down with me when I take the other metals. A PC case for example, if I line it with smaller pieces allows me to just toss screws and tiny pieces on top. I then take the whole thing. I used to use dead microwaves like that. Fill them up with screws but I've been using microwaves for Faraday cages lately. I leave enough of the cord to use for grounding and it makes a great cage. There's always little boxes of something or at worst throw it in a plastic bag or cardboard box and do it that way. You get 50 cents or a buck but it's out of your place and a little pocket change when you take the other stuff down.

[@DracironSmith]

@@deanbromerg8000 It's all plated. Solid gold anything is rare in scrap.

[@ScreaminOwl]

Dude, theres only 24hrs in a day.

[@falloutwolfie7229]

Defo miss these videos was nice to see the old house and garden again. Hope your staying safe thub and as always keep doing the thing :)

[@thubprint]

I miss that place too! It had so many windows, and the yard was HUGE. I’d buy it if I could lol

[@falloutwolfie7229]

@@thubprint i know that feeling lol. I currently live on a holiday site hear in the uk 8 months out the year i call it my shed lol its a wooden chalet, hopefully be going back next week with lockdown easing. My main source of scrap is microwaves and fans and the odd bits hear and there. Not got any garden but site allows the use of wind breakers to make a fenced of area. Uk dont have boardsort iver only place be in london/essex but they only take motherboards and server grade. Ebay sales of the gold pins and ic chips are ok if u have the weight. If i was able to start a business dealing with scrap ild jump at the chance lol but atm the little bits of scrap i do get pays for my gas bottles on site. anyway hope all is well in the new place your at and your plant is still growing well. Love that plant where it hangs all over your ceiling be nice to see it in a video wink wink haha.

[@irvingbrown2389]

How’s it going man? I ask myself these questions all the time. Is it worth it? It always depends on, my time to what I end up with. I did notice several coils of copper wire. I guess not enough for your time. But if in fact you already are taking them apart, I’d definitely start saving it , copper had s as good solid value and isn’t too difficult to separate. It’s still one of the precious metals that you still css as n acquire if you want to do the work or research. There’s still large quantities of pure clean copper just laying around, you just need to know where to look. And many who do know aren’t likely to share their knowledge. Because the tougher times get the harder it will become to scrap, and the supply will be much less of what’s readily available. People still throw away items daily that have many valuable scrap metals without ever considering it. Many people still throw away 5 cent returns that they pay for. A case of water 24 bottles is $1.20 evey case you either return or throw away. It shows how different things are in different places. I’m many places in the world $1.20 can go a long way and can make a difference in the world if collectively that money went to the places it matters. Sadly there’s places and people throughout the United States would greatly benefit from the money that other throw away daily. Maybe one day it won’t be like this! Maybe recourses will become so scarce that every penny, every scrap will matter!! We’re far from it but I’m always amazed at the value in things so many regard as valueless! I’ve been scraping for many years, I know in upstate NY many junk, salvage businesses are generational. I had several uncles and a step grandfather that were lifelong scrappers. They all died very wealthy but no one would have ever known. They were very tight with they Money, wore them same dirty raggedy old clothes every day and were perfectly happy. Sad because all never got to enjoy it! It’s almost a sickness to work so hard to collect that money just to die and have family members squabble over it and pick through your belongings or for the state to take it all. But very few ever get to enjoy all the years of hard work they put in!!

[@garyjordan3181]

Hi, you forgot about people who do craft projects, I have used the led lights and save the screws you would be surprised at how many times I have needed a small screw to hold the let's to a project. Good video 👍

[@thubprint]

Oh I have SUCH a collection of screws and bolts! The trick is organizing them, but I generally do have the hardware I need for my frequent projects, which saves a lot of money over time!

[@Gvids]

I live in Canada and circuit boards are bought from our scrap yards.. 27cent per pound.. take the copper off and and heat sinks then leave the rest on as wieght

[@thubprint]

You must be out east? Mine gives me the same price as steel shred 😭

[@Gvids]

@@thubprint I'm in Ontario

[@martinee4901]

They mine Copper in Canada, they refine the escrap in the Copper refinerys, so Canada should be a good place to sell escrap once you find the buyers.

[@MrRusty-fm4gb]

I’ve got a 65” tv in my living room that I’ve managed to get the light diffusing plastic sheets out of and a large sheet of plexiglass which I’m going to use to make an airbrush spray booth. I havnt gotten to the electronics yet though. Other things I’m in the process of taking apart are 2 G5 Mac towers, induction heating stove top, epson 4in1 printer, and some other things. I’ve been hoarding 12v computer fans, microwave fans, transformers and magnetrons, many DC motors of various sizes, nichrome wire, 3v LEDs(the bulb kind and board mounted ones that are 1m) and strip light LEDs(going to make some light tables). All the circuit boards I’ve taken out of things I’ve managed to save every one and have a 40gallon tote almost filled because I’m still learning what is worth keeping and what isn’t by watching KZbin videos like these.

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

It took me 2 days to remove the glass off a Panasonic Plasma. Definitely not worth the hassle. The putty they use to seal that glass down is amazing. Kinda would like to have some of that glue they use.

[@44davewright]

I live in Ontario and our scrap centers pay for e-waste now, its only .05 - .15 per lbs but it can add up pretty quick and if you only need to load unload vs. break it down its not terrible🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@britmanning2529]

Man oh man you are the cutest! I don't even care what your talking about, I love watching you talk. You have the best personality and energy aaaand your beautiful 😍❤️

[@goose33]

You're beautiful where are you???

[@dorpersatdawn]

Hey man, great video, I've collected a bunch of old TV's and you are correct scrapping them is worth nothing at all. unless you're happy getting paid less than .25c per hour of your time. However what I plan to do is take off the HDMI and plugs on the tvs and making them into cables so people can run old gaming consoles like Nintendo 64 , sega mega drive etc. Because currently those converter cables are like $50 - $90 in Australia

[@fatsoul17]

Check for gold plating under that big square CPU chip at the 4:36 mark.

[@exgenica]

Someone may have said this earlier, but one may be able to sell on places like ebay, amazon, etc the WHOLE circuit boards and interconnecting wire harnesses and LED strips for a great deal higher ROI and with much less effort than tearing them apart at the component level. Even if one offers a zero-cost return policy if a board/harness fails, it can be worth it to eat the cost of the infrequent bad board...especially if you know a TV was tossed-out due to a bad LED strip, or damaged display, etc. and a failure is less likely to be due to a bad board. Otherwise, either the main power supply circuit board or the LED power supply board are often the failing part. Also, more modern TVs have far fewer boards than they used to. edit to add: If you know the power supply board(s) are fully functional, they're probably one of the easier/faster selling circuit boards. You can search the net to see what kind of price you might consider asking for them.

[@neildallison4433]

No mercury in that one as it’s a plasma screen (metal back, glass front & very heavy). CCFL backlit LCD screens contain mercury. modern LED backlit LCD screens do not.

[@patmi8838]

Power supply boards are the main problem with tv’s today . My Sony board used was $35.00 Main Board sells 30-55 dollars . Good luck !

[@thubprint]

I noticed that with the Samsung lcds, there was a few years they used garbage caps in everything and the power boards died constantly

[@darthvadar2757]

It is amazing how heavy that tv is compared to a new one the same size.

[@thubprint]

Yea, these plasma screens were good but they were beasts

[@f.a.a.f.o....genx1977]

And the second one was your standard LEDs that they have now so your best bet is to try to find as many pulled plasma was as you can

[@michelleasunnydays140]

Guy says dont break it....then hammers every bit to pieces. 😂🤟

[@iantalmadge3410]

Sometimes you gotta be really careful before you 🎇😅

[@nandisaand5287]

If not gold, ribbon contacts are typicsally tin-plated, NOT silver. Funny that you went thru all that trouble and threw all the iron scrap away.

[@ansehorste5974]

whooop whoop, good to see/hear you.

[@sheliakellett9821]

You have a really great presence for the screen. We really enjoy your topics as well. And hey, if you're ever in Missouri swing by and my husband can take you to his barber. No offense intended please! I just think your lovely happy happy hair would be cooler and so much easier to handle if it were cut short❤

[@isidoreaerys8745]

This is so soothing to watch. All my anxiety about the disgusting amount we waste in this country is melting away

[@mikeypeinado383]

Pfft do you know every night how much bread Safeway and other markets toss out .. how much food they have to toss out that day . And they aren’t allowed to give it to homeless ppl so I I said to hell with it and took the 2 garbage bags out for em lmao but yea it’s nuts for food and tech

[@chrism4008]

Theres more than an army of people working to recycle and reuse stuff. This has been true for a very long time, we put a lot of effort into it and the West isnt really the ones polluting compared to the rest of the world. Its much more profitable to recycle and reuse, and ita a great hobby

[@elvindekle9835]

I haven't scrapped for some years now . But when gold was under $300 per oz . I made about 50k $ that year . The same scrap today would be between 200 and 250 k $ in gold . The chips and capacitors maybe 10 k . The year 2000 was good to me .

[@thubprint]

Do you ever regret selling when you did? It’s tough to know when to cash out, but taking profit is something everyone needs to do at some point.

[@gussuperman7565]

M8 cheers on your presentation . I live in Oregon USA where I deal with Schnitzer's metals they do buy all sorts of metals via their other companies. Have you tried asking them about buyers for circuit boards , etc ? Keep up the good work. God bless y'all.

[@thubprint]

Thanks! I’m up in Canada and I’ve looked into shipping precious metal scrap a couple times but companies generally just pass on small international sellers in my experience.

[@welshreaperscrapandcasting4029]

@@thubprint not sure if its worth it but have you tried these guys www.precious-metal-services.com/prices-sorting-criteria-for-electronic-waste/ another youtuber pointed me in that direction for circuit boards

[@justaguydoingguythings2762]

I gotta agree with another comment here. You can find the tvs for free in trash all the time Every peice of metal weather its stainless screws, aluminium, zinch copper, is worth something with the right poundage. I would save every peice i can. And when i have enough sell to scrap yard. Its all free money with the exception of time And honestly if it takes you more than 10 to 15 minutes to tear down a tv maybe you need to work faster. Ive completely stripped a 55 inch in 15 minutes. And thats with seperating all copinents.

[@jeremyscibetta7519]

I started doing this during the great quarantine of 2020. That one’s bit different than the ones I have taken apart. I’d say upwards of 50 tv. But your showing me I left a little on the meat on the bone.

[@travisfowler8345]

Love the video . But you mention before the 3/4 mark... about time and money and is it worth it... it's not just about making money but also helping the world and responsible recycling... I haven't started recycling at your level... this video is actually feeding my desire to recycle... but I can say I will spend the 30 minutes to clean that piece correctly since I've made so much more off all its other parts... and I'm thankful to have this earth to live on... I don't mind giving back and donating my time to clean some material better... you win some... you give some...

[@neilo3476]

You can never undo too many screws, it always releases my inner child to take something apart

[@rocphill]

Yes, but, would you be able to put it all back together, with the original screws ? 😉😉

[@tonyalba790]

You can get decent money for pc cards/boards here in the US. I would think that Canada too. Something like $3-6 each, more or less per board. Better if your city has a recycling plant otherwise you pay shipping.

[@pds9246]

It's take to much time to tear a tv apart Then i was selling as scrap for .15 cents a pound Then somehow my tv stop working so i call a tv repair guy to fix it one thing led to another he said that he has to get a part so he saw that I had TVs in the back and I told them that I sell it as scrap for extra cash and then he said he buys broken TVs 15 $20 each And ever since I've been selling it to him

[@thubprint]

THATS how it’s done! Nice work bud, I still need a regular like that!

[@frederickridgewell8103]

Idk if this helps, but I have seen videos online of chemically stripping the gold plating from the circuit boards to get money. Idk cost to value ratio, and you would have to learn a basic amount of chemistry, but it might be worth watching a few videos on that as well.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

Scrapping the gold & silver off broken TV’s and electronic devices as a hobby like myself, it’s fun and profitable, because your not spending nothing, your collecting & breaking apart and recycling the TV or electronic products after you’ve stripped them down! Collecting what you find precious is up to u!

[@stevestanfill7765]

This video answered a lot of questions about what is useful. I'm not looking for a pay day just what can be re purposed

[@cptrikester2671]

I recently started scrapping flat screens for materials (to melt), and you are correct, not much in them. Better to convert them into a faux skylight or a light table. Edit. Recently found one and it turned out to be working. Now it's a 50" computer monitor.

[@thubprint]

Decent! They’re definitely worth checking, the technology moves so quickly that some people just throw them out when they get a new one. Strange, but it happens.

[@michelleasunnydays140]

Yep some definitely still work!

[@larryharvey7709]

You can go to any boatyard and get tons of zinc when they replace the plates after painting the boat bottoms.

[@markbean832]

Hey Thub! What are the websites to send off the circuit boards? Thanks!

[@RuhRohRaggie069]

I dont think I have ever thru out anything without stripping it down esp. electronics old vcr , stereos, pwr tools, microwaves , washers dyers , ovens like i said everything i keep ALL screws & use plastics making stuff probably my fav is recliners for the flat bar metal, mounting brackets i can re cut & weld to fabricate something I need I love it & do it for fun

[@richardweaver9682]

Here in southern California TV repair shops have gone the way of the Dodo or even Stegasaurus. Also small applience and shoe repair shops are anchient history. Vacume repairs suprisingly enough are still around just hard to find.

[@thubprint]

Well the cost of replacement is just so close to the cost of some parts right? I’ll miss the shoemakers and tailors though.

[@vvskiitlesvv]

Im in PA and my hometown actually still has a cobbler that makes custom shoes! My husband and I both know how to properly fix shoes, they aren’t difficult

[@vvskiitlesvv]

But please bring back the tailors!

[@MrRoscojones1]

What did you do with the steel?

[@larrykeefer7681]

Hey I enjoy your videos! I scrap e waste as a hobby came across a tankless water heater. Interesting mix of electronics and plumbing. Had a huge chunk of copper unlike I've ever seen.

[@thubprint]

I’ve heard about those! Are you in the uk? I believe they’re more common there

[@quartqwertbudisgood]

They’re getting pretty common in new construction here in the PNW

[@noway8233]

Im very happy to finally konw the true : no gold bars inside the tv.

[@Heavymedicine1]

I try them out to see if the screen is just broken and if so, I sell the motherboard on ebay as a working board for repair.

[@thubprint]

Fair! Odds are if the screen is busted the rest of the parts will be good.

[@lokidogproductions1289]

Thanks for the heads up! Thanks for covering. Like i said a little bit before: wish I found your channel sooner!!!

[@rocphill]

You remind me so much of myself and my junk (and good stuff) all over my house. I am a technologist and I've always stripped everything for the goods they carry . Don't forget to get the strong magnets from computer hard drives . In Toronto...😁😁😁

[@thubprint]

Nice! It can get out of hand lol. I’m trying really hard to keep things organized and streamlined

[@michellemcmillan6149]

Can you tell me where the mercury is in the tv?

[@jasonwest2121]

How do you dispose of a lot of the stuff you scrap. Found a bunch of old tvs on Facebook marketplace but I don't know what to do with the leftover

[@tristinstorm5858]

Hey try putting some duct tape over the screen before you break it. Cover the whole screen with duct tape and tap it with a small hammer and then take a razor knife and run it around the edge and you wont have to deal with the mess and broken glass.

[@JOdie-eg9rf]

Here in Texas the Scrap yards buy pc boards. Usually they would just go export. But this time he sorted the boards into three groups. Each having its own price. Some were almost $1 per lb. So now I just pile them up.

[@TropicalBoneFlorida]

Thanks for ripping into it so I dont have to!, I will grab one and sell it to a tv repairman, thanks

[@thubprint]

This guy gets it 👍

[@garrenkoehler5609]

Thub, your my hero. Happy gathering to ya!

[@bd7491]

When he fast forward I feel out my car laughing cause it looked like me on tweak🤪🤣🤣

[@timocrosby]

I said God damn God damn!

[@TheSimplePreppers]

Those aluminum heatsinks are really great for other electronics projects that need cooling methods. Some power supplies, these days, are not made with enough heat sinking capability. It's good to add with thermal conductive double sided tape on items that need extra cooling. To many cheap solar controlling components are not made with enough cooling capability now too. Some smaller, cheap, inverters need cooling help too. If you get creative with salvaged heatsinks, you can use cheaper components to get the job done. The products will last longer. Heat kills electronics.

[@MrLadyRaRa]

The power supply and main board are worth between 25 - 50.

[@rosieminestocie4312]

So satisfying and great editing work

[@thubprint]

Ty!

[@zartan7779]

I noticed you threw away all the steel , I would have just put in a bucket and get a dollar for the bucket full.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Shit, even if you don't want them - recycle 'em.

[@MZRFaith]

for a dollar id rather save my back oof

[@larrymclain]

Heat gun works best removing I.Cs

[@martinee4901]

Sell the escrap, if you look hard enough you will find a buyer. That ' Zinc/ diecast' was probably Magnesium &/or Ali alloy. Die-cast( zinc alloy ) is very heavy & has a dull thud sound. Magnesium is super light & has a ringing ' Ting' sound to it. Just chuck it into the Ali pile.

[@rtazman2004]

How funny I have a flat screen TV that I have been trying to figure out what to do eith it LOL Thank you good Video.

[@thubprint]

Maybe you have a decent price for boards at your local scrapyard? I know I dont