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From the list of items being disassembled to the right you can get some idea what we may have components for. In fact, the stock drawers are full of recovered parts from the smallest diode to cathode ray tubes. Stocks continue to grow as more equipment becomes available to us. Many parts are from lines no longer in production. Why not check and see if we have what you need?
  1. Resistors- all values
  2. Capacitors electrolytic from 6.3-450V
  3. Capacitors small-too many for easy sorting
  4. Aluminium heat sinks- various
  5. Degaussing coils
  6. Coils, chokes- wide variety spec undetermined
  7. Transformers- small up to industrial
  8. Special purpose- eg. Scan assembly from fax
  9. Semiconductors- Transistors, regulators etc
  10. Plastic parts- Monitor casings, PC panels etc
  11. Metal parts- sheilding, frames
  12. Screws in huge variety
  13. Cathode Ray Tubes 14-19 inch
  14. Power supplies- AT type
  15. Monitors 14 inch 640x480 working
  16. Motherboards- 486, Slot 1, Socket 7 types
  17. VGA Cards- ISA, PCI, AGP
  18. Network cards- ISA, PCI with 10b2/10bT (RJ45)
  19. Floppy drives
  20. Electric motors
  21. AT power supplies
This list was last updated on Thursday, 13-Oct-2005 15:17:25 CDT

Developments

  1. We have a glut of equipment to recycle at present. Our storage area is full! Please bear with us as we work through the items on hand.
  2. We now have quantities of passive components available for electronics projects
  3. There is room for another trainee, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 3:30 to 5:30pm
  4. We accept old boards and cards for raw material recovery (subject to available space).
  5. Case metal and fittings (which cannot be recycled by normal means) are available free of charge.
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Our underground workshop, often called 'the bunker'.

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This page is for old PC gear. They all seem to wear out, don't they? The thing is, most PC system components break down sooner or later and you are faced with deciding whether to repair or dump. Often the repair costs more than the equipment did, and it may be out of date as well. That's why so many people replace rather than repair these days. Isn't there something useful to do with that old PC or screen etc? Of course there is. Just drop it off at our workshop and our staff will either repair it and donate it to a new home, or an apprentice will be assigned to disassemble and strip the useful components out of it. In practically all cases, even when the fault cannot be repaired, 99% of the components are still in working order. Of course, this is quite a labour intensive job, so how can it be made to work? Simple. I provide electronics training to students as part of their work. They learn about transistor circuits, passive components and construction techniques. Then the get to choose components to build their own personal projects. The teaching and experience generate practical work skills any employer could benefit from. The students in turn develop a hobby and become actively creative in their spare time. Now, isn't that a good way to use the old equipment?

Just drop off the gear to our workshop at:
16 Hudson Ave,
Upper Hutt 6007
New Zealand
or phone (04) 5286786 to arrange pickup.

Apprentice: Sam McDonald

CURRENT PROJECTS

List of current dissasembly or repair jobs under way in our workshop
  1. JVC CX-610ME TV (complete)
  2. TVM AS5D 14inch VGA monitor (repaired)
  3. Build transistor tester from recovered parts (complete)
  4. OPTI UPS 280es (complete)
  5. TOSHIBA BD-3701 photocopier (complete)
  6. Jupiter DIF-9B directional receiver (restored)
  7. TRS-80 model 2 (complete)
  8. Digital DEC 433 desktop PC (complete)
  9. National TV TC-1480M (complete)
  10. 3x AT Power supplies (complete)
  11. 4x AT desktop PCs (complete)
  12. HP D2837 17 inch monitor (complete)
  13. TVM AS5D VGA monitor (under repair)
  14. Amstrad PC20 with CGA monitor (complete)
  15. Open hard drive display for UHC (waiting)
  16. 50 AT Intel type PCs 100-333MHz (12 OK so far)
This page was last updated on Thursday, 13-Oct-2005 15:17:25 CDT
This list was updated on 27 October 2005.
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