Power Converter Boards

[Rogerwirecable]

I have Aproximatly 50 of these boards, they are manufactured by Altronix Corp. for conversion of 115/120 AC to 24/12 DC I've removed the heat sinc just to get a look underneath. I do not have access to anything I can test with chemically. I'm wondering if it would be worth the trouble to ship these items home, they are just going to the trash pit other wise

Thanks
Roger in Afghanistan

 

[oldgeek]

IMHO, I think you would be better off leaving them there, as i don't see much at all.

 

[Rogerwirecable]

figured as much, may keep a couple, at 12DC output its max is 5Amp, then it probably blows up. Might be why its hidden away.

Thanks

 

[samuel-a]

Roger

If you have some time on your hands, remove the switches and keep em. They will have silver contact points (i see three of them).

This way you can collect components without it taking much space.

 

[Geo]

LED's have a tiny gold wire.by weight its a tiny percentage.it would take a 5 gallon bucket to have enough to process,but if its free and you have time to collect them.gold is where you find it.

 

[etack]

Also pull that little IC in the middle of the right side.

Eric

 

[Rogerwirecable]

Will do, Thank you all very much, I have time. If I'm not at work I'm reading everything I can on the forum. Once again thank you

 

[meng2k7]

don't forget the relays!

 

[Necromonder]

don't forget the relays!

What is valuable on the relays?

 

[samuel-a]

don't forget the relays!

What is valuable on the relays?

Relay = Relay switches.
Contact points can be of Silver, silver plate, palladium plate or gold plate.

 

[patnor1011]

If they are free do not hesitate. Not much in value but every little bit adds up.
Red - silver, maybe some gold plating in relays, Pd and Ag in monolythics and resistors
Green - small bit of copper

 

[Rogerwirecable]

Thanks, Looks like I have some activity for a few weeks get the solder iron and start taking thing apart

 

[patnor1011]

Do not waste electricity, use wrist brute force :mrgreen:
I use small wood chisel for monolythics and small snips for pins or relays.

 

[Rogerwirecable]

You got a chuckle from me there. If you only knew the waste, thinking about getting a couple of iron plates an putting all these coverters in between, have a couple of MRAPS drive over them or I have a 20 Ton crane just put them underneath the stabilizers as a press

 

[qst42know]

You can google the part numbers on the relays.

 

[Rogerwirecable]

I went thru and found spec sheets on part numbers I could find, there is silver alloys involved. I should have done that first prior to asking. I did find a box of burnt out digital video encoders Siqura C50. We had a bad electrical storm wiped out 15 of these before I could get a ground resistance tester in and get everything replaced. Seeings as I was cleaning house I opened these up and there's a considerable amount of gold pins & what "Looks" like flashed circuit board, some has already been fused