Scrapping Variable Speed Drives

[@msylvain59]

18:30 they are "bleed resistors", they will slowly discharge the capacitors when the drive is not in use, for (your) safety.

[@DolezalPetr]

The black plastick bricks are transistors or complex integrated circuits made to switch on and off large amounts of power very fast, people might want these for projects

[@DolezalPetr]

@Joachim Shekelberg exactly

[@1alexwel]

34:00 that's potting gel, it's to protect the electronics, but still make it possible to make little repairs on it

[@clairleasure434]

The capacitors are listed for 75-95us on ebay

[@moodogtizer5884]

Someone buy that man a socket adapter for the impact driver

[@staceydizon2643]

Lol

[@barrywest3758]

Holy crap what a haul Ben! I see a Variable "Speed" Scrap-A-Thon here. Bring em on, I'll watch! Thanks, I really enjoyed your profit.😁

[@Hagenwalls]

Love getting back to copper & extruded allie. E waste is fine but I just like the look & feel of copper brass & extruded allie

[@michaelsadventures4261]

I'd love to get that just for the copper.

[@Lexst1]

The bus bars are silver plated copper. Sulfuric will strip the silver and leave the copper clean.

[@redcarbon4395]

Thank you for this video. It's always a wonderful adventure watching you scrap things out. Not a scrapper, just enjoy looking at stuff. I watch every minute of your videos, never too long.

[@greypoet2]

As a couple people mentioned, a hex to 3/8" drive adapter would make taking those bolts off a LOT easier.

[@Alrik.]

That seems like a great new contact, congratulations!

[@mattpollard4664]

uF stands for microfarad and that is the capacitance (amount it will hold / size) of the capacitor.

[@nickzwa]

those capacitors are actually quite powerful. there worth a decent amount each. just a word of warning, capacitors store charge, and with big arse ones like that, its a lot of charge, so be sure to short them out with something with a nonconductive handle before handling them. 4400uF = charge capacity, measured in microfarads(uF) more is better basically. 385 VDC = Volts Direct Current, thats your voltage and mode of charge/discharge. this combined with the capacity is quite high. so fear it. these could literally stop your heart if you touch a full one with both hands. +- 20% is self explanatory. and the temps are your min and max operating temps. they may explode if over max temp. to be honest, the capacitors are probably worth more than the scrap metal. no idea what those modules filled with silicon gel are but there full of gold and silver and probably a few other expensive metals.

[@dimwittflathead639]

4400 uF is a bit low, 365VDC is high. One capacitor can store enough power to kill somebody so be careful.

[@McCuneWindandSolar]

those caps you could sell on eBay.

[@ArthursHD]

34:08 According to an article in the researchgate bonding wires are made of aluminum. Those are presspack IGBT modules. Cost ~50 USD New, can be easily tested with a multimeter. Interesting :)

[@ArthursHD]

I would get one locally 🇱🇻 for heatsink and busbars alone :) I could have a dead silent PC :)

[@supremeinnovationsllc]

Wouldn't you make more repairing them? The IGBT's alone are worth a ton, even used.

[@elliotbull7924]

you can get adaptors for an impact driver that let you put a socket on a drill.

[@twisted2291]

They are used in CNC machinery. They operate stepper motors and servo motors. Those buss bars should be brass.

[@dericbarnwell1477]

THE RIFA ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR RETAILS FOR $155 EACH. VERY PROFITABLE FOR RESALE.

[@DolezalPetr]

The capacitors RIFA are high quality paper impulse capacitors, they last for ever

[@DolezalPetr]

@Joachim Shekelberg I did not notice in the video if they have plus and minus on the top, I have many of these, some are paper and have this capacity but they have no polarity of course

[@HomecockpitsAndMore]

@@DolezalPetr 27:54 here you can see a gigantic + on the case so I guess they'd be ElCo's too

[@DolezalPetr]

@@HomecockpitsAndMore haha yeah ok you are right, I am just blind

[@patprop74]

You are thinking if a different kind of Rifa caps, the kind that stinking beyond belief when they blow lol which is how you know they are finish hahaha

[@huckstirred7112]

there might be a chance as many screws as you take out that those screws could be sold as surplus instead of thrown away

[@sharkscrapper]

Very cool odd ball scrap. I love finding new stuff to scrap. Certainly slows you down, but fascinating to learn what's inside, maybe even how things work. Some serious copper there.

[@jameshunt2141]

sew eurodrive's uk depot is 10 mins down the road from me... small world.the black tubes on the pins of the capacitors are discharge resistors to discarge the caps when the power is switched off.

[@dionbritten]

Brilliant Ben nice bit of aluminium.

[@barrymoore4977]

going to need a fitting for your drill for bolts if these are a regular thing

[@Classicbikelover]

Hard day's work a couple of beers and ewaste Ben posting what else could ya want

[@MildFracas]

Would like to see more of these scrapped out! Great new client mate, good luck!

[@stephenjohnson2195]

Really appreciate what you say about posting overseas and the reasons behind why. I was watching one of your old videos the other day where you scrapped an old crt that you saw just dumped on the grass verge. I was disgusting with some of the comments that people were aiming at you, I know it doesn't bother you but if they don't like what you do then just don't watch them. Half arsed stupid comments and they are that stupid they do not realise that if you didn't pick it up it would end up in landfill. I worked for a local council here in the UK for 22 years and I know where the tv's end up. Rant over am loving your videos and looking forward to your next marathons

[@SuperClarky666]

Oh no those dreaded words... “This might come in useful for something” 😆 happens a lot in this video.#hoardlife.great video ben👍🏻

[@MrSeanL25]

Ben these drives are brilliant for scrapping out. Huge chunks of aluminium on them and a lot if copper. Get them stripped bro

[@torfed]

I bet the tin plating is actually silver plating over copper.

[@gedgilmore4859]

Do you have a video on grading e-waste? What is are the differences between high, medium and low boards?

[@spencerboehrns5522]

We use these at work to protect our system and motors for over loads if the load is to big it will shut down the drives. Got to have them in big industrial system that run conveyors

[@RafalScrapper]

4400 micro farads that is capacity they are the decent one i , have used one power inverter of course smaller than this in my wire stripper machina as i did upgrade it with el engine it is easy to check if they are faulty with just a simple multimeter using continuous mode those bricks is basically just big transistors well done cool stuff👍😀👍

[@MrJTRfilms]

Do you buy these pickups? Or companies just give the scrap to you?

[@dionbritten]

Hi Ben how are you doing. hope all is well and you have a great day.

[@sebrassino]

Those in gel covered parts are the powertransistors. They do the switching. Contains probably some nice even gold metals. But also might be worth selling. Too bad I don't live near you would have tested and bought the working parts.

[@electronicscrapper4956]

Always enjoy the odd ball scrap out

[@bajahipb5846]

4400 uF is a 4400 microfarad capacitor. Anytime you see a spec. with the F it is for Farads a capacitor only spec.

[@seanporter9311]

If you get an adaptor for your impact drill, you can put your sockets on it and make it a lot easier for yourself

[@dionbritten]

41:36 if you move your phone side to side or shake it you can make the numbers glitch lol

[@steve5772]

Those capacitors could be worth stockpiling if you're planning on going self-sufficient when you move to the country. If you're going to be getting a lot of them, it might be possible to build a powerwall from them.

[@mikeyd845]

i hope you film the entire stack being broke down love to see new stuff we love you ben keep on scrappin

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Those are SCR they are the component that rectify the AC. The reason for all the aluminium is for heat dissipation those thing can get very hot.

[@tawnihaynie1065]

Hello Ben, my friend. I am so glad that you do read the comments, yet, you WILL do things the way which is right for you. I enjoy all episodes you have. Please stay safe and happy. Sunshine day to you and one and all. Ttyl my friend ☺☺☺😇😇😇

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

We had Sew Eurodrive Motors at our Pauls Milk Factory in Brisbane ! If You add everything together You would be way over 130 Dollars or so - what a Great Stripping Session - sooooo very Interesting indeed - so much Copper and Alu - You now have another Source for Copper and Alu with these Units - we love it - keep Safe and Cheers from us in QLD !!!!

[@robertmandigo7942]

Those capacitors a simple way to tell if they are bad is on the top between the power lugs there is a round spot with a plastic insert, if there's a hole in it then it is bad because when the capacitor goes bad it produces gases and to keep it from exploding it blows a hole in the plastic plug.

[@peterg.8245]

Can also short internally

[@magthemagnificent8437]

Very cool vid. Could you do a scrap marathon doing only those , so we could see the total value for the whole pick up???

[@ronhollis4693]

Most decent voltage meters will have a capacitance test on them. Those capacitors are easily tested and considered good within the +/-% ratio shown.

[@dalecrary8738]

Nice video, need to get a socket attachment for your drill. Could help speed it up.

[@msylvain59]

Check out the power semiconductors modules that will the bolted on the heatsinks, for gold bond wires. But not open them if the package says anything about Beryllium or BeO. The capacitor banks are probably long time discharged, but it should be safer to check them with a voltmeter, and dischage with needed with a light bulb and wire (not a direct short circuit...)

[@briani4959]

I'd like to see you scrap the other ones as well.

[@davidfleming9786]

You need to do a scrap marathon scrapping all those speed drive

[@progressivedigressor6036]

Definitely well worth it, good on ya Ben. Would also love for a street scrap video. Best wishes

[@ROBERTSCOIN]

you missed the aluminium sheet

[@moodogtizer5884]

Flat head screwdriver normally works on security bolts. Sometimes the pin snaps off thought

[@TheSwiip1]

what a nice power electronics board :) the big things with jelly are probably triacs, high voltage semiconductor switches.

[@pyredynasty]

False fact: capsaicin is the chemical that makes peppers spicy. They make capsaicin by grinding up capacitors.

[@michaelbrumfitt]

👍nice I was hoping the new customer pickup would bring something interesting,fingers crossed for the street scrap👍

[@MrGWN7]

You need a adaptor to fit the socket to your drill or driver. Speedup production and give your wrist a break. Very interested to see inside the smaller ones and find out what the goop with the maybe silver are.

[@nathd1748]

You're getting a better Alu price in Oz than they are offering in the UK by a long way

[@huckstirred7112]

I need 2 of those capacitors for my tig welder

[@shaneyork300]

Silver or Palladium bond wires!! Made in Japan and a high end unit, it wouldn't be out of the question to be Palladium. Have a Great Day My Friend!!!

[@bobbys405]

These would make excellent time lapse videos!

[@SwampMonster1]

“I just have to kick out deez nuts” totally a Benism.

[@raymondcote6669]

Why can’t you use your screwdriver while you talk? You say nothing because you have no clue

[@raymondcote6669]

And use your impact drill with a socket on it. You’ve been scrapping before. Use your head

[@jxavier3876]

I’d buy one of those torque tool from you for like one dollar or two dollars . I can never got the security ones out. If your interested.

[@lindamorrow7573]

Good score Ben👍👏

[@G-V-M]

you should sell those rifa capacitors 4400uf

[@johannesdesloper8434]

If they are 3 fase they are frequency controllers to regulate RPM of asynchronous motors.

[@johannesdesloper8434]

many times there are pieces blown out of semiconductor elements in them..they are very sensitive to lightningstrikes in the vacinity of the system.

[@johannesdesloper8434]

Ow btw..I found out what that stuff is between the heatsink of P4 and the chip is.. that soft metal is Indium quite valuable these days because it is used in touch screens and it is pretty rare. They have to extrakt it from Zink.

[@johannesdesloper8434]

Things with the gel are probably thyristors.. the semiconductors that are the "amplifiers" of the frequency regulator..

[@johannesdesloper8434]

An watch out with those capacitors man.. first short them out before handling.. they can give you a deadly or skin burning blow.

[@Projectoxcart]

385 VDC Volts DC

[@Nooman62]

The capacitor is EUR 37.98

[@ArthursHD]

Saw similar ones for 25 PLN ~ 7 USD on allegro . pl

[@raship814]

hey ben could I have one of those dell laptops you got

[@garyammerman2153]

Ben, Seems to me you undervalued the VSD scrap value? Looks like a gold mine to me! Hang on to that supplier and suggest you invest in a couple of sizes of nut runners or chuck-up a socket to speed up nut removal. Great haul...great vid!

[@evriellesmith6659]

the copper bus bars are probably silver plated all the high voltage equipment I ever made we silver plated our bus

[@huckstirred7112]

I was thinking the same thing

[@denchesnuk8470]

hello, after watching your videos, I saw a lot of electronic components, you sell powerful transistors, thyristors and egybeti modules, and you also need lithium batteries. Thank you, I look forward to your reply.

[@raymondcote6669]

Of course they are capacitors. That’s what uf means. Micro faraday is how they are measured. VDC is volts Direct Current. Those caps would be in high demand especially at that high of voltage

[@peterg.8245]

Farad... named after Faraday

[@justinmcivor2848]

Marathon those bad boys

[@davidranew9776]

Great Video Ben Keep Bringing The Video's Dude Hey It Took A Hell Of Lot Beer Cans Too Make That Thing Mate.👍👍

[@20WarChild20]

Solid bro

[@kevinraines4318]

you need a impack driver for the nuts

[@peterg.8245]

Once the IGBT, insulated gate bipolar transistors, go bad the drives are unfit for large scale industrial purposes. Can’t lose motor/pump control when meltdown or chemical release is on the line. The capacitors will be damaged by voltage spikes and are only good for hobbyists. Even if you ran every capacitor in series you couldn’t drive an electric car to the end of the block.

[@mattpollard4664]

If your going to keep scrapping those you'll need to get an adapter for your screw gun so you can put the socket on the screw gun.

[@mortenpedersen4678]

i like how u pick the first crazy country as uganda

[@ramblingman8992]

Invest in a cheap bench grinder. If you try grinding those standoffs and they spark, then they are stainless steel.

[@willynebula6193]

Ben do yourself a favor, go to jaycar and get the beginner books and a few kits and learn basic electronics.

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ZXLNT]

The capacitors are big enough to probably kill you dead. You need to be absolutely sure they are discharged. Luckily for you they had bleeder resistors across them to bleed off the charge. You DO NOT want to get whacked with 400 volts DC. Leave the bleeder resistors on them...

[@kevinyoung5119]

Hi Ben, I saw that you don't send to other countries, how about different planets? I live in my own little world or so I've been told.

[@mariajuanaminig3894]

Saludos desde Veronica;provincia de Buenos Aires ;Argentina !!! 🙋👍👏👏❤

[@adalmartinez2340]

Send a couple to the post apocaliptic inventor he could tell you if they can be fixed the small ones

[@huckstirred7112]

I would never touch that gel looks as if it came from my exwife

[@AS-bx1mg]

Use a file to check what’s underneath plating

[@b.h.6307]

those capacitors are actually quite powerful. there worth a decent amount each. just a word of warning, capacitors store charge, and with big arse ones like that, its a lot of charge, so be sure to short them out with something with a nonconductive handle before handling them. 4400uF = charge capacity, measured in microfarads(uF) more is better basically. 385 VDC = Volts Direct Current, thats your voltage and mode of charge/discharge. this combined with the so fear it. +- 20% is self explanatory. and the temps are your min and max operating temps. they may explode if over max temp.

[@jxavier3876]

I’ll never get why people steal others comments

[@BManTyler]

put you socket on an impact

[@soliman15]

you should put these capacitors on ebay

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

woow ocool stuff ;)

[@ellisjones734]

VFDs sold as OPTIDRIVE in uk... cheapish not to bad units, control software's a bit pants...

[@bakhtiar_hasan]

I have tow question about scraping. Actually i want to known about mlcc and vga ic chip price value. How much value per kg? Can you tell me?