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 Post subject: Help!!
PostPosted: Sun May 28, 2023 10:04 pm 

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I have a few questions if someone could help me out with this I'd greatly appreciate it!.!. First off does anyone know what this is? Also would this sell on ebay for wat it is or is it best just to scrap? Last questions does someone know what precious metals are used in this and what grade boards would I get from scrapping it?I'm sure u guys will want pictures of boards which I will get to as I figure out which route I should go selling or scrapping. Thanks in advance!!!
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 Post subject: Re: Help!!
PostPosted: Sun May 28, 2023 10:52 pm 
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Not sure the right term
But looks like an antenna box. The kind you see in towers for radio/microwave transmission.

There’s not much here. The majority is going to be stainless steel or aluminium.
A nice pile of copper cabling.

As for any boards, my first thought is fairly low end but knowing Cisco they may be peripheral in one grade or the other.

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 Post subject: Re: Help!!
PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2023 1:46 am 

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OK thanks for the help so it would be hard to post it on ebay and have someone buy it I'm assuming because it has a very specific purpose may find someone that needs one but prolly not?.Also there are some nice gold fuses and the boards are peppered with gold.These boards may not be the exact boards in that box but in general they are about the same.I am also wondering if there is any palladium or platinum in this setup, there are a few contacts and connectors that just don't look like silver. I also did a heat test on one or two things and the silver did not melt and kept its shine.thanks for the help.
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 Post subject: Re: Help!!
PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2023 2:38 am 
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I’m going to be very exacting in my choice of wording here:

Along with a few dozen other thing this is the kind of stuff most scrap handlers would approach you with a classic “papers please”.
It’s extremely rare for a consumer level recycler to end up with this stuff in just ones or twos.

That said, they are out there on the internets in small quantities, often someone keeping one from a bulk buy lot and then getting rid of it.
Though theft does hold a dark cloud over such equipment.

At first glance the larger board is probably low peripheral
The smaller one midgrade

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 Post subject: Re: Help!!
PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2023 7:55 pm 

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I understand exactly wat ur saying when I picked these up along with other small boxes that attach to these it completely filled the bed of my truck in all of this two threw me off as they were brand new atleast as far as I can tell buti took it with a grain of salt because I do know he does fiber optic work and looking through the load I could tell all other boxes were old or water damaged and some with stickers with dates around early 2000's and I assume 20 some yrs they are at their end of life use but I get it have to be very diligent with some things thank you for your reply


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 Post subject: Re: Help!!
PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2023 8:40 pm 
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Different states and towns have different rules so was just a small fyi.

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