Electronic Components For Free From Trash. What To Salvage, Best Tools And Techniques

A great way to build up a useful collection of Electronic Components for free is to salvage them from scrap electronics. In this video we learn what to look for, what tools we need and the best techniques.

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TEST METERS
ANENG AN8009 MULITIMETER
KAIWEETS HT118E MULTIMETER
VC480C+ MILLIOHM METER
MESR-100 ESR METER
XC6013L CAPACITOR METER

TM-902C TEMPERATURE METER
LCR-T4 COMPONENT ANALYZER
FNB58 USB ANALYZER
PCI POST ANALYZER
TL460S PLUS PCI_E ANALYZER
TOOLTOP ET120MC2 SCOPE
FNIRSI 1014D SCOPE
NPS3010W 30V 10A PSU
T12 STATION WITH M8 9501 HANDLE
M8 9501 HANDLE
YIHUA 982 Soldering Station C210/C245
FNIRSI HS-02 PORTABLE SOLDERING C210/C245
QUICK 861DW
PROS'KIT SS-331H

INFIRAY P2 PRO IR CAMERA + MACRO LENS
TOOLTOP ET13S THERMAL CAMERA METER
ET13S MACRO LENS
OPTICAL MICROSCOPE
TOMLOV TM4K AF FLEX
TL866 II+ PROGRAMMER
CH341 PROGRAMMER
NC-559-ASM FLUX

DESOLDER BRAID (I use size 8045)
HX-T100 SOLDER (0.6MM)
ESD-11 TWEEZERS

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Thank you
Richard

[juliantolley]

When I started my first employment at STL research labs in Harlow I was amazed at how much was thrown away. I asked permission and started to harvest components from protypes that were going in the bin. One year later I left to join the city of London. I had to borrow the company 110 landrover as I had collected so many bits. 40 years later I still have copious amounts of TTL chips i use in my hobby of repairing old electronics

[zedcarr]

It's very satisfying making an entire project out of salvaged parts, or designing a project around salvaged parts that you have in stock.

[TheDurdane]

The yellow capacitors can be polarized tantalum capacitors. They are worth money for e-waste recycling.

[Johadart]

Hi dicky, when you salvage these components, wouldn’t it be easier to use a thicker leaded solder? With the bc3 tip it would make it child’s play. Only a question before I get any dislikes.. 🤙🏼🇦🇺
Joe from Australia 🤙🏼🇦🇺

[zedcarr]

I have my parts drawers labelled say, FET Op-Amps, Bipolar Op-Amps, Comparators, Small Signal Transistors, Power Transistors etc. Logic I tend to label each drawer with 3 4000 or 3 7400 series in each drawer. I have more parts to go in the drawers, and I've bought some more drawers, and I've been thinking about a better way of organizing as I have so many parts. I think I'm going to just label each set of drawers A, B, C etc. Label the drawers 1, 2, 3 etc. and then have word processor documents with the parts in alphabetical / numerical order. Type order etc. and then the location code and so on.
This way, if I get additional parts not already in my stock I don't have to re-label drawers, I just have to edit the index documents on the computer, I can also print off and laminate the index pages in case the computer is off while I'm working on a project.

[abeleski]

More like this. It's relaxing. Satisfying...

[robertmckelvey]

There was a fuse on that Yamaha x75 board you could have took

[goodwill]

34:41 - I would use hot tweezers or two soldering irons with flat end.

[jonathanrose]

Is there a difference in quality between older components & newer?

[itsJoel]

What temperature do you have your iron set to?

[jjqformerlyjailbreak]

I purchased a 32+12 channel mixer Yamaha something still in working order. Reason being.... Although I love music I ultimately bought it for the 600+ potentiometers, various switches, buttons, and most importantly the sliders for my future parts bins when it does finally become inoperable to the point I can't repair it.

I couldn't touch 600+ quality pots for the price I did pay. They basically paid me to take it.

Great content here 👍👍👍

[allelectronicsrepairs]

Hi Richard, greetings from Australia :-} . The easiest way to remove a row of through hole pins is solder a copper wire along all of them, with each one of them being soldered to the wire. Then, heating the wire in the middle should spread the heat to all of them at the same time, and if it is only a single row, they should fall out nicely. If it is more than one row, you can do each row in turn pulling the device out on the other side, or, if the rows are close to each other, you could make an "U" (or "S") shape of the copper wire (or a full loop) to heat all the pins at the same time. Regards, Jerry.

[pault]

Ironically I play these salvage videos in the background while I do the same thing. These parts make great repair and project parts. I’ve found some very interesting professional laboratory equipment in the e-waste and the precision components I saved are not easy to source. When the boards are thin and use leaded solder it goes MUCH quicker and less aggravation.

[Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya, it's economecly a good thing to re-use what you can and it's fun at least for me

[knightwar]

The first time i bought my soldering station i salvaged all components i could find from old boards except plastic connectors now i have nothing to desolder lmao also you can use pads from scrap boards to repair any stripped pads but i realized that it's much easier to use a board holder for desoldering in general

[followthetrawler]

50 minutes of pulling components - loved every bit of that!

[PCMcGee]

Absolutely priceless. Thank you so much.

[frogz]

so...many...pots...
you will need some contact cleaner, seriously haha
i cant believe you didnt save those extra long pin headers!

[HUNTERFIELDTARGET]

Hi Richard I know you use Aliexpress a lot. Do you have a list of safe stores on alix to buy components form thanks stuart

[borlibaer]

The color of the board and its layout and printings immediately told me it must be Yamaha 😉