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Ive accumulated some lowgrade and midgrade. Looking through it i noticed a missed some ic chips and some transistors.

What else would it be worth grabbing? Large caps, as in the pic? Some silvery things? What about the steel heatsinks or other large steel pieces. Is it better to keep it on or to the steel pile?

Heres an example of a board- what else should i grab?

Also an ID pic please.

On low grade like that i harvest them completely with a heat gun on above the back side for about 60-120 seconds @950°f
Then a good hard wack and most stuff falls right off.

The can (cylinder) capacitors usually go Al#2
Most resistors and loop/bump caps go for cbm.
The fuse gets light silver or light tungsten recovery.
The crystal ocs go for gold heavy
Any ic chips as ics. And if any ceramic monolithic caps... CMC as platinum heavy
Wear safety goggles incase anything pops.
The bare board left will go cbm heavy breakage about 10-15c/lb

What are loop/bump caps?
Identify crystal oscillator...
The actual fuse or the socket? I imagine the socket is just brass.
Identify CMC?
Hb the dials?
Hb the square piece of steel with a plastic circle on the top?


What/where do you take those odds and crystal ocs the fuse or crystal ocs, cmcs?

When dont you clean out the boards?

the 2 square pieces of steel with the black plastic circle along top edge of first picture contain a little copper or gold colored little metal circle that i usually keep...you have to carefully open it up..they dont weigh much but i always take them out

but you dont really know what it exactly is hmm. I just hate to say hey heres low grade when its just gonna get shred

The vacuum tube fuses... the sockets are silver or silver plate. Remove the fuse before you heat the board. Scratch the socket to see if it's pure silver or plated.


This is a great tool for identifying parts
http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2007/07/15/identifying-electronic-components/

I will post in a few when i return to my computer what goes with which class so you have a better way to sort

I'm set up to drain capacitors safely now after some major mishaps and an er visit.
But early on my suggestion is stay away from microwave oven power boards. Industrial laser boards. Cameras... analogue and digital... the flash capacitors hold up to 5k vol at 20+ amps.
AuThor and i believe mike the scrapper is the other have video on YouTube showing what the charge in them can do even after being unplugged for over a month

Tube tvs... monitors tend to drain out after a week or two unplugged.
Bottom line if you play with high amperage in not responsible if you light yourself up like an 80s horror film. ! ;)

Nice article

Low grade and up is any board that has something attached. (Be reasonable you won't get low for a 5lb board with one ic alone)
Shred (heavy breakage cbm) is a bare nude board.

So the pic i have in the op is a can transistor?