Ewaste Scrapping - Low and Mid Grade Circuit Boards

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Another in the series dedicated to printed circuit board identification. This time Shark Scrapper is helping you identify low and mid-grade boards.
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@Oceans4Ransom Год назад

What a fantastic overview Sharky. Thanks for making things so much easier and clearer for everyone. I’m sure Chris loves it too!

@sharkscrapper Год назад

That reminds me, I need to start listing Chris in the video description for his technical assistance 😂

@simonkh7278 Год назад

Very good! You should be among experts at Escrap World Champ , when we have one sometime

@sharkscrapper Год назад

🤣😝

@EricScrapping4Dinidog Месяц назад

Very good video on teaching boards. Probably the best video I’ve seen on board sorting

@sharkscrapper Месяц назад

Wow, thanks!

@EricScrapping4Dinidog Месяц назад

@@sharkscrapper No problem! Thank You for teaching about that and doing such a great job at it

@josephcormier5974 Год назад

Excellent this should help a lot of new scrappers six stars brother

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Thanks Joseph, that's the goal.

@dr.a006 Год назад

My local yards would take any and all boards as tin shred, but 30 minutes away, one yard buys circuit boards. I basically save up a pickup truck load. I separate all the low grade from the rest. Since low grade is basically breakage to them, I harvest transformers, aluminum, chips, etc. to get a higher price for those items, the rest is low grade with or without that. Mid/higher grade they want components left on. I can only cost effectively ship higher priced stuff to Boardsort, like ram, CPUs, HDD boards, CD rom boards, etc. Otherwise it would cost more to ship motherboards, even though I get a lower price for motherboards, mid grade and peripheral. The important thing is, I get my scrap for free, minus a little labor, time and gas. I’m sure people have similar situations. Shark sorts it all out well for his situation, but helps us all.😊

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Great feed back Dr A. Thank you. Like you, I only ship higher value boards to Boardsort.

@cyberdan1000 Год назад

I just went to Boardsort to see what they pay for low and mid grade boards. They pay the same for both low and mid grade boards 35¢ a pound. Guess I won't be sending any to them. I am on the West coast and it costs me about $1 a pound to ship. I will still be pulling anything that looks good off of those boards. Boardsort got a nice shipment from me 4 days ago. Should be getting a nice check from Chris pretty soon. I have one computer repair shop, in town, that gives me all their e-waste. They are glad to get it out of their lobby. Filled the back of my SUV today. Several computers and laptops in this load. Many hard drives too. I took a peak in one of the computers and they threw in big handfuls of RAM & CPUs. So scrappers give all your local repair shops a call and offer to haul off ALL e-waste NO CHARGE. Today I had to take a big 50 pound printer. But I can get rid of it for free.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

That's a great way to get scrap. Two of my clients are PC/IT repair companies. Like you, shipping is a constraint on what I sell to Boardsort. My shipping is also similar cost, $1 to $0.75/lbs.

@TheBunkmeister 8 месяцев назад

sharky, you're the man. Thank you for all the knowledge you are bestowing upon us.

@sharkscrapper 8 месяцев назад

I'm glad these videos are helping.

@coryj1811 Год назад

Thanks for the information. I've been waiting for more on this series! It's like you were reading my mind during this video a few times, especially the ending. I was literally asking myself about peripheral boards as you brought it up 😅. Appreciate ya & the information as always

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Perfect! Sorry this took so long to get out. I wasn't happy with the first three versions 🤣

@coryj1811 Год назад

@Shark Scrapper oh I wasn't meaning you were taking too long or anything, lol. Just got excited when I watched your first one & said it was gonna be a series.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

No worries - I felt I took too long 😂

@wes7195 Год назад

This was a very helpful video! Thank you for the way you have explained it. I feel more confident once I gather enough up for boardsort.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

You got this Wes - glad I could help.

@streetcopper1151 Год назад

This is great and I appreciate you tell us what board sort calls it .. 👊🏻

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Happy to help man. Trust all is well with you?

@josearrasola7236 Год назад

Hello sir , very awesome video I’m in Miami Fla into ewaste and I do pick some out ! Thank you again

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@paulfrost8413 Год назад

Thanks learned a lot cannot wait for the next one

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Glad to hear it!

@scrappingonthefly77 Год назад

Thank you shark 🦈 great informational video!! Another one added to my fav list !!

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Awesome, thank you

@Bestill_ Год назад

I appreciate your time while you explain the topic very thoroughly. Nice job.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

I appreciate that!

@cuscrapping Год назад

Another great video!! Thank you for doing this series, Shark!!

@sharkscrapper Год назад

My pleasure!

@BushDogScrapper Год назад

This clears up a lot of questions I’ve had thank you again Shark Scrapper!

@sharkscrapper Год назад

My pleasure Bush Dog

@Derbyhobbiescrapper Год назад

Great vid very useful

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Glad it helped

@billyb5057 Год назад

interesting insight into the board grade types mate *big like👍Au👀totally viewed*

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Many thanks

@SollersScrappingandDiving Год назад

Wow, that is very interesting, that lot would all be low grade over here at my refiners! Except the 2 monitor boards. Love the intro and outro, very professional Sharky 👍

@sharkscrapper Год назад

I had a lot of fun putting the intro/outro together.

@SollersScrappingandDiving Год назад

@@sharkscrapper I bet, it was fab!!

@dr.a006 Год назад

Since scrapyards want to pay the least possible, might as well harvest off the good bits! It’s all so subjective to them too. One time I bring a load and leave large components on (aluminum capacitors, heat sinks and transformers) and they say there’s “too much junk” and downgrade. Another time it was classified “too clean” since I took off the aluminum, transformers and maybe a chip or two off the motherboards, and they downgraded a little. 😑🤦‍♂️ I have to remember it’s all free scrap, but I still want to increase the value of my time.

@joshmeyers5116 Год назад

Great video that helped me. You said it's ok too harvest from the boards I was concerned in how to ship everything to boardsort. I have everything I took off the boards separated in containers. I was gonna send everything in one box. Just packed separately.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Glad the video was helpful. Here's a video I did on selling to boardsort that should be helpful in answering your question: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rfeN5Xhnt5I.html

@boardsort Год назад

Hello Josh, please reach out to Chris at boardsort before shipping your material. When I read the word "harvest" I have concerns. Hopefully you are speaking only of low and midgrade boards with respect to harvesting, and even with those, IC chips are the only item that you will find on those boards that has enough value to justify shipping. Let's make sure you have the right materials before you send anything. Harvesting rarely works out so we discourage our customers from doing it.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Spot on Chris. Chris@boardsort.com

@joshmeyers5116 Год назад

Ok thanks I've just bin watching shark scrapper and a cpl other ppl on RU-vid and just basically trying to figure out this e-waste stuff from what I've seen I will email Chris and send some pictures. Basically I've bin collecting these boards for almost a year and just started to mess with them. After I saw shark scrapper do a segment on it and board sort I figured it was time to start learning more.thanks

@leecampbell5736 Год назад

Also I believe what you refer to as a flat pack on the last boards is considered an ic by boardsort unless they've changed. Love the video series concept btw... scrap strong!

@sharkscrapper Год назад

You are correct, "flat packs" are technically IC's. Some scrappers like to differentiate flat packs as IC's with legs on all four sides vs "IC's" which have 6 or more legs on two sides. But they're all IC's.

@leecampbell5736 Год назад

@Shark Scrapper they call flat packs the green chips with the connections all underneath... I was confused for the longest time on your videos. Was like... did I miss something on the boardsort site.... lol. Just different terminology.

@boardsort Год назад

A "flatpack" is an IC that is surface mounted, meaning there are no legs that protrude through the circuit board, just little stubs holding on to the surface of the board. The traditional rectangle type of IC that most people think of is called a DIP (dual inline package). The IC with the connections all underneath is called a BGA (ball grid array). We buy flatpacks and DIPs both as our standard IC Chip on our price list and the BGA's are purchased with or without the gold corner tab per the list.

@leecampbell5736 Год назад

@Boardsort excellent breakdown. I was referring to the ic with 4 sides of legs opposed to 2. I believe sharky refers to the former as a flatpacks. I could be mistaken but at least it inspired your excellent post...

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Dang terminology differences. I’m guilty of using terminology I learned a long time ago from someone not as detailed as Chris 😂

@leecampbell5736 Год назад

Boardsort has been paying same price for low or mid grade for some time now...😁 a decent price I might add

@sharkscrapper Год назад

agreed

@ewastemike7700 Год назад

I think Boardsort should throw them all together. Both the same price. Tell your boy that.

@boardsort Год назад

The price is a coincidence. We still have to send them out separated. If copper were to drop the price could separate again.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

I'm glad you saw and responded Chris. Your comment should help clear it up.

@kashewz Год назад

The problem with grading is there's no "source of truth" of what exactly is mid or low. It's heavily dependent on guidance, and each buyer's perspectives are different. That said, there's a strong general consensus. Thanks for highlighting that, it's common to see people new to scrap getting overly excited over low grade powerboards and shiet.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Very true Dixon, it's not like you can go to a tech-manual and look it up.

@EricScrapping4Dinidog Месяц назад

It’s The hardest thing about scrapping

@sharkscrapper Месяц назад

It can be a little confusing. But it comes with experience.

@jayb9687 Год назад

Old school stuff can have tantalum capacitors that are worth something.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Absolutely - if you can find a buyer.

@urbanprospector3007 Год назад

Not sure what the local area yards pay for any boards, but have to wonder how much value can be plucked from low grade boards and some mid grades. Thanks for doing this series sharky, much appreciated.

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Good question! Some people really get into depopulating boards for Al, Cu and any chips they can find. There's also some MLCC's and tantalums if you can find a buyer. But your question is a very good one, is there enough value to make it worth the effort. And that can only be answer by each scrapper and their situation.

@krystiankucharski7299 Год назад

nice

@sharkscrapper Год назад

Thanks

@SilverScorpion Год назад

Great info!. Helped me alot till we got to the visible gold..... pins in the connectors don't count?

@sharkscrapper Год назад

We'll discuss that in the peripheral installment.

@kevinsturgess1475 Год назад

👍

@souldasherjoanie7517 Год назад

Thank you!!!! So how do you get IC and flat packs off without breaking them?

@sharkscrapper Год назад

I usually use my Vise Grip to twist them off. With bigger ones, I run a chisel along two or three of the sides to cut the legs and pull them off. Sometimes I have to use the chisel and hammer to free them. Sometimes they break, no big deal.

@wannabescrapper72 Год назад

Great video. I have a few questions but the main one is, how much does a local scrapyard pay for the three categories? Is low grade shred price? We have nowhere to sell them here but if I were to buy boards, what sort of prices would I be safe to offer?

@sharkscrapper Год назад

You're not going to like my answer. It depends. Some yards only pay shred for any type of board. My local yard is paying about $1.40/lbs for "high" but that can vary a lot. Low grade is around $0.10/lbs, so just a little better than shred. You need to know how you'll sell the material before you can decide what to pay for it. Sorry I can't be of more help on that.

@wannabescrapper72 Год назад

@@sharkscrapper That's really all I was looking for. I hope to eventually get enough that I can make a run to boardsort or ship a load to ewaste Mike if he gets that stuff figured out. Until then I will probably just depop the low grades and store up the higher stuff. Even if I paid .10/lb for low grade, I would probably make that back on transformers and heat sinks.

@mysterybuyer3738 Месяц назад

But the question I have is it worth mailing mid grade boards to Boardsort taking shipping cost into account? Trying to figure whats worth mailing to them.

@sharkscrapper Месяц назад

For me, no. Mailing costs for me are between $0.75 and $1 per pound. But that will be different depending on your location.

@ScrapFatherScrapSon 5 месяцев назад

Do all ic’s really have gold? I’ve broken a million apart and only see copper?

@sharkscrapper 5 месяцев назад

Great question - No, not all IC's have gold but many do. It's difficult to see the gold in many of the IC's because the wires can be as thin, or thinner, than hair. But I've also seen some that were very obvious.