[Findm-Keepm]

Funny this thread got going - my Dad retired from the TV business in May and
had all sorts of sets and chassis to get rid of. He went the scrap metal route and sold some $1400 in copper, aluminum, and circuit boards. His stash of yokes (no old ones, I saved them myself) yielded 130 pounds of #2 copper for $357.

Here's a breakdown of what one can expect from a TV in my area (Norfolk/Virginia Beach VA), based on prices at a scrapyard we dealt with (Dubin metals):

Yoke - of course, for the copper. $2.77 a pound, sold as #2 copper wire. 6-13 ounces yield. Sure wish Ferrite had a market......

Degaussing coil - copper or aluminum - you can tell it's aluminum wire if it's crimped to the wires going to the chassis. See above for the copper price, aluminum wire here will net $0.66 a pound, but that fluctuates more than the copper price. 6-23 ounces yield, high end is Sony big screens.

Common Mode Choke - #2 copper - usually an ounce, but some upper end Sonys and Philips sets have two, yielding 2-3 ounces.

Power cord - $1.15 a pound, sold as "scrap extension cord" Yield about 4 ounces.

Deflection/Pincushion Coils - # 2 Copper - 3-6 ounces total (2 to 6 coils on most color sets)

Switchmode Transformer - #2 Copper - 3-5 ounces yield.

Bare Circuit Board - $1.00 a pound, sold as scrap computer board. The Flyback, coils and all magnetic items (shields, heat sinks, etc) must be removed. Resistors, caps, chips and the like can remain. We found another yard paid 15 cents a pound for any TV chassis - we used them for the chassis that had lots of shields and other metals.

Heat Sinks - Aluminum - 5-11 ounces, more for stereo and projection sets with massive finned heat sinks.

Flyback - Sold as motor/transformers for $0.26 a pound

I'd estimate a CTC185 set yielding about 7 dollars in scrap metal prices, and a Sony Wega or similar Sony KVBR set yielding about 13-14 dollars.

So yeah, there is money in those junk sets.

Cheers,