That's really the crux of the issue. I didn't intend to make it sound like a scare tactic.
But, if you have something you suspect may contain PCBs, your life gets more complicated. I feel sorry for the folks that get stuck with suspect materials, because it will be a royal pain to get rid of it legally. That's all. Sorry if I ruffled any feathers. 73, -- Dave, N8SBE > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Transformer oil in DL's > From: David Christ <radio...@mchsi.com> > Date: Tue, March 02, 2010 5:20 pm > To: n...@cds1.net, Ken Kopp <k...@rfwave.net> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > Sort of my question. In about 1969 when I was a lab tech for a small > college I was given 5 gal out of a 55 gal barrel of transformer oil > they had for X-ray machine transformers. I still have that pail, > tightly capped, sequestered in a junk but dry trailer away from my > buildings. Haven't gotten it to haz mat disposal yet. I often > wished there was an easy test for PCBs. If it were PCB free it would > be nice to have. > > David K0LUM > > > At 1:49 PM -0800 3/2/10, Alan Bloom wrote: > >When was the Heath Cantenna introduced? I know it was already old news > >when I got started in 1968. I found a reference to it in an old 73 > >article in the January 1963 issue: > > > >The Heath Cantenna - 73 gets out the can opener ........ W3UZN 62 > > > >Had PCBs already been discontinued by then? > > > > > >On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 19:44 +0000, Ken Kopp wrote: > >> As a (retired) career power company employee I can say with > >> reasonable certainty that the "transformer oil" that was available > >> to --most-- scrounging hams since the introduction of the Cantenna > >> was -unlikely- to contain PCB's. > >> > >> At least in the circumstances familiar to me, PCB-containing > >> transformer oil was mostly long gone by the time the Cantenna > >> was introduced. It was certainly gone "as new" out of the barrel, > >> but did remain in transformers already in place, but few if any > > > hams received their oil from a transformer. (:-) > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
