E-Ore!

[johnboyrox]

Hi Everyone,
I've been lurking here for a month or so, just getting to know the atmosphere. I'm interested in e-waste. I do networking for a living and have a lot of contacts for e-waste. I had a source of some low-grade scrap in the form of around 500 lbs of old hard drives that required destruction, then I came across an old telecom lot that had some better stuff in it. So I've been setting up an environment with a fume hood and identifying chemical sources.

Well today I made the jump from considering it, to either hoarder or hobbyist; I'm not completely sure. I had a friend tell me they were cleaning out a warehouse and I should get there right away. So far I've filled up my car, my pickup, my friends pickup, and tomorrow my dad's pickup and trailer. Here's a couple of pics. Some of the other stuff is power supplies. I'm probably just going to try and sell those to a recycler (Cheap if anyone's interested.) Here's a couple of pics of my car.

 

[TXWolfie]

Nice haul, but if ya got rid of the grand am and got a truck it might haul a little more. 8)

 

[eeTHr]

It seems to have everything from pins to fingers. I guess there's some flat packs and processors in there, too, from the looks of it.

Nice haul.

 

[johnboyrox]

If you look in the little plastic bin you can see Riser cards. Those particular ones have about three sets of fingers on them, really nice. I found 8 BIG BOXES of them this afternoon! If you ask for motherboards from a source, don't forget to ask for the riser cards ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE A SERVER BUILDER. ( the last guy did )