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Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 08:16PM
Location: Derby, UK
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electronics books from my old workplace - the electronics handbook, and a huge 1200 page book FULL of schematics called 'modern electronic circuits reference manual'.
Component drawers full of components from same place
Loads of 'old' computer stuff, some of which I'm still using in my main rig today
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Joined: Fri Oct 10 2008, 02:04AM
Location: Claremont New Hampshire
Posts: 497
A nice 32" CRT TV the buttons did not work and it would not turn on the problem with the buttons was the circut board was pushed back too far and it needed a fuse it has been working for about a year.
Registered Member #1262
Joined: Fri Jan 25 2008, 05:22AM
Location: Maryland, USA
Posts: 451
For $110 total... (I paid by the trash bag)
Roughly 2,000lbs of stuff from circuit city's liquidation sale including... (I'm having a problem attaching pics, I'll host them externally soon.)
14 cortelco phones over two dozen power supplies, four of which are 50 amp 13.6v "audio grade" 300-500lbs total of wire and cable ranging from Cat5 to Coax to 00 to 26 around a dozen computers with LCD monitors around 100 power strips
and obviously a lot of other less important stuff that takes up the rest of the weight.
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Joined: Sun Dec 28 2008, 02:55AM
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I found a nice 19'' CRT monitor by the curb last year with the cord and everything included. I took it home and it powered right up. I also found a working Sony WEGA CRT TV with a barely noticeable scratch on the glass in the upper left corner. Other than that it works fine. I currently use it in my room.
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Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 04:57PM
Location: Norway
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All 6 or 7 of my loudspeakers have been salvaged from the dump, along with a stereo amplifier (three CD trays AND two cassette players! It even came with "The Jungle Book" on cassette ). Two of the speakers and the stereo see regular use as a sound system for my PC, the speakers have been in use for the last 3 years. To think they were about to be tossed. The crown of my freebies however, is my beloved scope. It was gift from a Norwegian user of the Dutchforce Electronics forum, "Gorgon". Completely free, and he even delivered it!
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Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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I specialize in dumpster diving tube audio equipment. It's getting rare nowadays, so the challenge is bigger.
This is my coolest find ever: six GEC KT88 tubes from old power supplies that were getting scrapped. I found a seventh one recently. They don't match well enough to use as a sextet, but they all test good. I put pairs of them into a 50 watt guitar amp and they seemed to work great and put out 60-70W.
Other cool stuff I salvaged:
Lots more audio tubes.
55 watt tube PA amp that I converted to a guitar amp.
Pair of Tannoy M20 Gold stereo speakers, a friend was going to throw them away, but turned out to be the best sounding speakers I've ever had.
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Whats the most useful item you've salvaged?
). Two of the speakers and the stereo see regular use as a sound system for my PC, the speakers have been in use for the last 3 years. To think they were about to be tossed. The crown of my freebies however, is my beloved scope. It was gift from a Norwegian user of the Dutchforce Electronics forum, "Gorgon". Completely free, and he even delivered it!
