A source for tubes in Longmont, Colorado.

solo742

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Tired of the thrift store loop, so I tried a new tack today. Checked with a local electronics recycling center and found out a few things:

A standard (old school) TV tube has about 3-4 lbs of lead in each. The recycling centers take them in, try and remove any metal, and then smash them and process the glass.

Apparently, it is illegal in Colorado to "trash" them by throwing them away, so you are supposed to take them to a recycling center. (Not sure if this is every state or just hippie Colorado.

Anyway, the point is, I located a great source for free, yes free, (the recycling places actually have to pay to get rid of them) tubes.

These days, I am looking for the 19" 4900/GO7/CR-23 type replacements for a few of my games. Today there were none as they just smashed the last batch (just my luck)

BUT, they did have several very good 27" tubes (all CR-23, thick neck) and the owner said he would be happy to get rid of them rather than smash them/pay to get rid of them.

I explained why I wanted to tubes, and the types I needed (CR-23/Raster and the ever elusive color and B+W XY tubes). I gave him my contact info and I hope to hear when he gets new TV sets for me to inspect.

Reply to this thread if there is interest in this type of thing (you probably can check locally where you are) I am not doing this to make money (seriously) but if there is enough interest, I will get a quote on boxes/padding/shipping to see if it would be worth it to ship.

If interested you could get the tubes you need and would pay for the supplies and shipping. Nothing else. (OK, donations for gas might be cool too) but I figure at least we are keeping good tubes from the trash bin and saving games in the process.

Sorry for the long post.

Thanks.
 
great idea.

just found a "signature 2000" monitor at a local thrift store for 12.99.
even though its a 20" tube, its in really nice condition.

cant wait to check over at the recycling center ASAP
 
That's interesting. It never occurred to me that you could use donor tv tubes for color x/y monitors.

Is a color raster tube just like a color x/y tube? I thought there was a 'resolution' aspect to the tubes too?
 
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