Hi All
I found this business downtown in Paarl: http://www.ecycle.co.za/
They'll pick up your e-waste and sort it.
I went past to see how the operation worked, and I saw boxes full of electrolytic capacitors destined for the toxic waste dump. 90% were damaged from being twisted with pliers from the pcb. But a few gems could be salvaged.
Here's a pair I could not leave
These I plan to use in a high powered tube amplifier:
I found some motor start/run caps. I think these are polypropylene, so should be good for high end power supply?
As you can imagine, there are tons of 220uF 400/450V that comes out of the junked CRT monitors. These are good for tube amplifier power supplies. Free for the taking!
I found this business downtown in Paarl: http://www.ecycle.co.za/
They'll pick up your e-waste and sort it.
I went past to see how the operation worked, and I saw boxes full of electrolytic capacitors destined for the toxic waste dump. 90% were damaged from being twisted with pliers from the pcb. But a few gems could be salvaged.
Here's a pair I could not leave
These I plan to use in a high powered tube amplifier:
I found some motor start/run caps. I think these are polypropylene, so should be good for high end power supply?
As you can imagine, there are tons of 220uF 400/450V that comes out of the junked CRT monitors. These are good for tube amplifier power supplies. Free for the taking!
