Re: Recycled Magnetics II (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:45:04 +1300
From: Malcolm Watts <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Recycled Magnetics II (fwd)

On 15 Dec 2003, at 9:41, High Voltage list wrote:

> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:40:12 +1030
> From: Matthew Smith <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Recycled Magnetics II
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> 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?
>
> Cheers
>
> M
>
> --
> Matthew Smith
> Kadina Business Consultancy
> South Australia
> http://www.kbc.net.au

Heat them for an hour or so at about 150C in a small oven. Some cores
won't be prised apart but some will.

Malcolm