-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Summers
Sent: 08 February 2005 17:56
To: 'BITX20@...'
Subject: OT: Recycling monitors
Latest news, following Paolo's influence: I have commenced dismantling of
the previously mentioned 19-inch DELL monitor, which the IT department
failed to remove from the cupboard next to my desk here in the office!
Inside I found a secondary RF shielded box made from thin sheet metal. Very
difficult to remove. Attached are the pictures so far. You can see that I
managed to open 1 side of the RF shield box and see the back of the PCB.
Still haven't glimpsed the front of the PCB. I will make a page on my site
about this, following Paulo's example, and list the useful things I find
inside! Later, I will add links to that pages, to other projects on my
website, to show where I used the parts. Recycling is fun! I've been using
old recycled parts for all of my electronics hobby since I was 5 or 6 years
old. Now it's time to document this side of things!
73 for now
Hans G0UPL
-----Original Message-----
From: Paolo Cravero as2594 [mailto:pcravero@...]
Sent: 03 February 2005 17:52
To: BITX20@...
Subject: Re: [BITX20] Stability?
Hans Summers wrote:
IT department still haven't taken it, I might be found harvesting
useful
components from the monitor for homebrew projects! The wire in the field
deflection coils are useful for winding coils from. There must be other
useful stuff in there too!
Been there! :-) And written about it. See
Also featured: VCR, CD-ROM and laptop. One day I will add TV and
floppy-disk drives as well.
Paolo IK1ZYW
PS: when I dismantled that monitor I was not yet into winding coils, so
I just kept the inductors, which I am now using as wire source.
PPS: hot-air guns are a great tool for part scrounging! (but you MUST do
it in open-air and dry WX ;-) )
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