Useful Part Sources

Here is a list of parts I will usually pirate from different electronic goods as I come across them in the dumper. I rarely need to purchase any common parts.

Televisions and Computer Monitors

• High voltage flyback transformer (20kV @ 5 mA)
• High voltage capacitors, sometimes voltage multipliers
• High voltage cables/wire
• High power transistors
• Magnet wire (yolk coils)
• Power resistors
• Capacitors, small transistors and other surface mount parts including LEDs
• RF Tuning circuits and variable capacitors
• Speakers
• Heat sinks
• IR sensors (remote control)
• AC cord
• Variable Resistors

• High voltage transformer (2kvAC @ 500 mA)
• High voltage capacitors (2kVAC @ 1uF)
• High voltage diode (5-15kV @ 500 mA)
• Heavy duty ceramic fuse and holder plus grounded power cord (10 Amps)
• Light gauge magnet wire (cooling fans)
• Heavy gauge magnet wire (main transformer)
• Cooling fans
• Digital Timer and control circuitry
• Power relays (10 Amps)
• Limit (mechanical) switches, several per unit
• High power RF gun diode
• High strength magnets (magnetron)
• Heat sinks

• SS rods and shafts
• Stepping motors
• Optical sensors, IR slotted typically
• Multi-conductor cables including ribbon
• DC power supply
• Capacitors, small transistors and other surface mount parts including LEDs

• Heat sinks and fans
• Strong magnets (hard drives)
• Multi-conductor cables including ribbon
• DC power supply
• Capacitors, small transistors and other surface mount parts including LEDs
• Speakers

• DC power supply
• Capacitors, small transistors and other surface mount parts including LEDs
• RF Tuner and RF modulator
• DC motors and other mechanical/gears
• IR sensors (remote control)

• Heat sinks and power transistors
• Capacitors
• Heavy low-voltage transformer or DC power supply
• Amplifier circuit components
• Capacitors, small transistors and other surface mount parts including LEDs
• Speakers
• RF Tuning circuits and variable capacitors
• Piles of LEDs, IR sensors (remote control) and motorized resistors (volume control)

• High voltage capacitor 300 VDC @ 100-300uF
• Flash tube (high power switch or light emitter)
• Trigger transformer and circuitry (~4kV @ uA)
• 300 VDC charging circuitry
• Various light sensors and lenses
• Batteries

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