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How to Reuse a Cell Phone Power Adapter
CHAPTER 10: Mending and Breaking Electronics 243
Figure 10-6 Scavenging from a VCR
Figure 10-6 shows the insides of a dead video cassette recorder, with some of the more interesting parts for scavenging labeled.
The easiest way to remove a lot of components, and things like hookup wire, is simply to snip them with wire cutters. The same applies to large electrolytic capacitors and other items, as long as they still leave leads long enough to use. Alternatively, you can desolder the items.
UHF TV Modulator. Arduino Pong??
Interesting motor Useful DC motor
Power lead and strain relief grommet
Tactile push switches –just about worth the effort Nice display with long leads IR receiver module Some large electrolytics
How to Reuse a Cell Phone Power Adapter
Everything you make in electronics requires a power source of some sort. Sometimes this will be batteries, but often it is more convenient to power the device from your household electricity.
Given that most of us have drawers stuffed with obsolete mobile phones and their charges, it makes sense to be able to reuse an old mobile phone charger. If they are newish phones, they may well have some kind of standard connector on them like a mini-USB or micro-USB, but many older phone models had a proprietary plug, used only by that phone manufacturer.
