Equipment discussion

[ryan martin]

I've been looking for second-hand lab hardware and have finally found an eWaste company that I can do business with. They have tons of equipment and I'm looking to start going over it and testing hardware to see what works and what doesn't. Centrifuges, microscopes, and the like I get; but when I get into analyzers and spectrometers I'll be having trouble figuring out testing protocols to ensure the hardware still functions (reliably). I'm looking for a good discussion list specifically for lab equipment testing, and maybe getting some help sorting out what might and might not be useful for a small scale diy bio lab.

Thanks

[Richard Proctor]

first of all i would say link us up to the suppliers website so we can
have a look for ourselves :-) dont be hogging the good stuff hehe

[John Griessen]

On 03/04/2012 10:05 PM, ryan martin wrote:
> list specifically for lab equipment testing

There are lists like that, but always brand specific, very little general, except
for http://www.repairfaq.org/, but it helps to know some engineering:
sci.electronics.repair sci.electronics.design

I met a man who refurbs spectrometers in Canada...

[J Adams]

Hi Ryan;

 

Who is the eWaste company.  I’ve never even heard of one.

 

Thanks;

 

 

J

 

J Adams

Azco Biotech, Inc.

3626 Ocean Ranch Blvd.

Oceanside, CA 92056

e. jad...@azcobiotech.com

t. 858-259-9528

m. 858-525-2770

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[Zebedee Boy]

It's an EU thing
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Electrical_and_Electronic_Equipment_Directive
 
Dead electronics have to be recycled rather than landfilled as of 2007.
 
Zeb
 

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From: jad...@azcobiotech.com
To: diy...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [DIYbio] EWAste
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 18:30:22 -0800

[John Griessen]

On 03/06/2012 05:38 AM, Zebedee Boy wrote:
> It's an EU thing

There are plenty of classic recyclers in the US that put gear on ebay as a higher paying route
than disassembly in some cases. Not for some 70's HP gear with gold plated PCBs though!
They are all going the way of old gold low carat jewelry these days.