Re: Recycled Magnetics II (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:26:56 +0000
From: Mike Harrison <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Recycled Magnetics II (fwd)

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:41:24 -0700 (MST), you wrote:

>Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:40:12 +1030
>From: Matthew Smith <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Recycled Magnetics II
>
>Hi All
>
>Thanks to those who responded on my query on checking permeability of 'recycled'
>ferrites.  (Or was that the TC list?)
>
>I have a number of 'dead' SMPSs, some of them with pretty meaty ferrite
>transformers in them.  I would dearly love to take them apart to re-use the
>bobbins and cores, but attempts so far have normally resulted in a pile of
>shattered ferrite.
>
>What DO they use to glue them together, and can I dissolve it with anything
>without trashing the plastic of the bobbin?

I doubt you can save the bobbin, but trichloromethane will dissolve epoxy - can take a few days
though. In the UK, Nitromors paint stripper is a readily available source.