Re: pole pig needed

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• Subject: Re: pole pig needed
• From: Brandywine <brandywine-at-writeme-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:26:48 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

   I should note that I do own a pole xfmr filled with PCB.

   It looks like the case for avoiding PCB filled units is strong. Thanks for
the education.
Dave Hartwick

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Coiler" <mycroft-at-access1-dot-net>
>
> Michael Baumann
> Coiler, Homebrewer, Nerd. mycroft-at-access1-dot-net
>
> >
> > Original Poster: Brandywine <brandywine-at-writeme-dot-com>
> >
> > Doctor,
> >    How should I ask this?? ....Well, Would you still advise avoiding a PCB
> > filled transformer if it can obtained without a bunch of paper work
> > attached to
> > it?
> Perfectly fine way of asking it. And the answer is *YES*
> >    I'm not one to advocate flaunting the law. On the other hand,
> > the EPA is an
> > agency out of control, in my opinion. Do I hear you saying that PCB pigs
> > should
> > be avoided completely?
> Perhaps it is. However, PCBs are one of the few substances that have been
> proven to be both mutagenic and carinogenic. Very *very* bad stuff. Someday
> you may want to get rid of that pig, or your kids will when you die
> (everyone
> does, sooner or later) and then they get stuck with the bill.
> >

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