Hi Moose,@ 21:07,these are called interrupters, normally find these all over printers.So these have replaced the hand set switch.So there goes the silver. I don't know what's inside these,but I have lots of them.That was unexpected seeing a CPU,good find.Excellent vid's moose,I've been a happy subscriber for a long time.
This is great timing. My work recently began upgrading our phone systems which will mean replacing approximately 3000 of them. Stripped a few down and only found the LCD panels to be worth the effort. But each LCD board is heavily gold plated...more than from a stick of RAM. I have a guy in the IT department who puts the phones aside for me. We made a pretty good deal: He collects and holds them for me and after I pull out the boards I just have to walk them out back to the dumpster. I think this deal will work out fine for me.
No kidding. As I like to say "if it's for free, it's for me". :) On another note, found out that the meters Cable TV techs use are very high in gold. Being lucky enough to work in the industry I have been able to score a good number of them. Heavy gold plated traces, thick plating on the pins, silver coated mylars from the keys...some of the best gold content I've found so far. Processed 3 of them and pulled just under 1gm of gold just from the boards. Keep an eye out for them if you can. Even better to find a friend who works int he industry. lol
Im helping out a friend working in two close down factories and I have the opportunity to get dozens of office phones and was thinking of taking to scrap
Trivia: I helped design those old Nortel phones. I did product safety and electro magnetic compatibility on those models back in the 90's :) . (anything that says Bell was design by either Bell Northern Research, or which later became Nortel, and is now defunct :(
Check to see next time that the little screws in the first phone might not be the same as the receptacle for your bit in your drill. Love you station. Have learned a lot from you
I recently picked up a free load of about 60 old office phones. Most were older models and many had frayed cords, dirty plastic, dirty handsets and grunge from daily use, which I didn’t want spend time to clean up to sell on eBay, although, maybe I shoulda picked out the good ones and sold lots as is. Either way I had an efficient assembly line to do a dozen or more at a time. Remove all cords, unscrew covers, then remove circuit boards. I will try and sell the 3 control cabinets and the dozen telecom boards in each. The individual boards inside seem to go for $30-50 each on eBay. Debating whether to sell entire cabinets for $300+ each with all slot cards/boards inside or sell all slot cards/ boards and empty cabinets individually since people might only want certain boards or an individual power board or empty cabinet to build their own. Lots of ABS #7 plastic leftover I’m trying to find a place to recycle it even if it’s free and they don’t know pay for it.
Do you sell the whole phone board as is and what grade would it be? Or do you microscrap it for all the MLCCs, chips, pins, etc. and what grade is the board after all the goodies are removed? Thanks, Moose!
with my situation, it makes more sense for me to micro scrap . My scrap yard only has two categories of boards so if its not a motherboard, its a low grade board so it makes more sense for me to pick things off for my own hobby recovery and refining. Thanks!
Moose Scrapper, hobby for me too, but with a cash bonus! I love to take junk apart and recycle stuff that would otherwise be in the dump. I trade metal for metal, i.e. bullion or ammo to shoot👍
Another great vid! Is there any chance you still have the info of the phones you scrapped, like make and model so people know what to pay particular attention to? Cheers, Poo
I LOVE office phones, they're one my favorite things to scrap. Another great video Moose, thanks!
Always a pleased to watch a fellow scrapper!
Hi Moose,@ 21:07,these are called interrupters, normally find these all over printers.So these have replaced the hand set switch.So there goes the silver. I don't know what's inside these,but I have lots of them.That was unexpected seeing a CPU,good find.Excellent vid's moose,I've been a happy subscriber for a long time.
thanks Kevin, I've been wondering what things are
Thanks!
Thanks for the informative video Moose.
I am just getting into scrapping and having a blast. Thank you for all the information.
This is great timing. My work recently began upgrading our phone systems which will mean replacing approximately 3000 of them. Stripped a few down and only found the LCD panels to be worth the effort. But each LCD board is heavily gold plated...more than from a stick of RAM. I have a guy in the IT department who puts the phones aside for me. We made a pretty good deal: He collects and holds them for me and after I pull out the boards I just have to walk them out back to the dumpster. I think this deal will work out fine for me.
Sweeeeet. Its deals like that that really make me happy. Bypassing the corporate BS and keeping stuff out of landfills!
No kidding. As I like to say "if it's for free, it's for me". :)
On another note, found out that the meters Cable TV techs use are very high in gold. Being lucky enough to work in the industry I have been able to score a good number of them. Heavy gold plated traces, thick plating on the pins, silver coated mylars from the keys...some of the best gold content I've found so far. Processed 3 of them and pulled just under 1gm of gold just from the boards. Keep an eye out for them if you can. Even better to find a friend who works int he industry. lol
Very interesting! Great job!
I'll be looking out for the 80s phones from now on 👍👍👍
The 80's rocked in more ways than one!
Cool vid Moose, thanks. Like you, I take what I can get but these old phones can be a fun scrap.
cool first and last one was killers looks like around same age cool vid 👍👍👍
Thanks for sharing Moose
Im helping out a friend working in two close down factories and I have the opportunity to get dozens of office phones and was thinking of taking to scrap
Wow love it all..missed a lot of cash not knowing thx
good job Moose. keep up the great work
nice video,some good looking boards there
Thought You said broads , had to go back to see if My eyesight was failing Me.. .(ha ,ha) Best wishes.............................Dee
Great information! I realize I was missing a few items!
Thanks Moose
I have a bunch of boards from an ultrasound Machine and from an x ray machine. Have you ever had eather of them to scrap?
Nice was fun to watch, I am bringing you a phone , I have never seen one like it ,
I can't wait! I love new stuff!
Pretty interesting
Nice video!👍
Trivia: I helped design those old Nortel phones. I did product safety and electro magnetic compatibility on those models back in the 90's :) . (anything that says Bell was design by either Bell Northern Research, or which later became Nortel, and is now defunct :(
Hugh I haven't heard the name Nortel in years buddy.
@@IdiotOfTheDay I bet! Best company I ever worked for though, but long dead.
Booya!! Great vid!
Nice video, complet one if you ask me, the best phones where the first and the last😉
Nice vid, i have a bunch of these ive been saving, thanks.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Check to see next time that the little screws in the first phone might not be the same as the receptacle for your bit in your drill. Love you station. Have learned a lot from you
thanks!
Nice video
I recently picked up a free load of about 60 old office phones. Most were older models and many had frayed cords, dirty plastic, dirty handsets and grunge from daily use, which I didn’t want spend time to clean up to sell on eBay, although, maybe I shoulda picked out the good ones and sold lots as is. Either way I had an efficient assembly line to do a dozen or more at a time. Remove all cords, unscrew covers, then remove circuit boards. I will try and sell the 3 control cabinets and the dozen telecom boards in each. The individual boards inside seem to go for $30-50 each on eBay. Debating whether to sell entire cabinets for $300+ each with all slot cards/boards inside or sell all slot cards/ boards and empty cabinets individually since people might only want certain boards or an individual power board or empty cabinet to build their own. Lots of ABS #7 plastic leftover I’m trying to find a place to recycle it even if it’s free and they don’t know pay for it.
Do you sell the whole phone board as is and what grade would it be? Or do you microscrap it for all the MLCCs, chips, pins, etc. and what grade is the board after all the goodies are removed? Thanks, Moose!
with my situation, it makes more sense for me to micro scrap . My scrap yard only has two categories of boards so if its not a motherboard, its a low grade board so it makes more sense for me to pick things off for my own hobby recovery and refining. Thanks!
Moose Scrapper, hobby for me too, but with a cash bonus! I love to take junk apart and recycle stuff that would otherwise be in the dump. I trade metal for metal, i.e. bullion or ammo to shoot👍
Another great vid! Is there any chance you still have the info of the phones you scrapped, like make and model so people know what to pay particular attention to? Cheers, Poo
I may have the models on ebay in the "unsold items" tab but not sure. They were Nortel phones though, Nortel and MEridian.
Do you recover the gold or send it in with the boards?
I recover some, and will starting to recover more.... I am still learning
In fact, I think the far left is a 5240 which I had on my desk for a long time
Thats pretty cool!
@@moosescrapper5928 I still see them in Movies and TV, because they all rent them from Prop Rental Houses :)
What makes ya the most money
What single activity ?
EBAY hands down
Moose Scrapper interesting. Thanks
Ideas 💡🤔
I’m just always trying things out in my head
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nice
Pull your ic chips
Yup, always do! Thanks for watching!
Aha! So I did guess correctly about those connectors being silver in my video here: ruclips.net/video/cNqtp0E835I/видео.html
Useful information, thanks Moose.