Re: Big Saltwater Cap

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

thermal pyrolysis seems the best approach...
Hot flame, inject the goop into the flame.

Seriously, though, it probably isn't all that much of a HazMat issue.  salt,
water, oil?  The additives in the motor oil might be an issue.  The real
concern with motor oil is after it has run in an engine and picked up all
sorts of carcinogenic combustion and decomposition products.

Build a big bonfire (or even your barbecue) and spray the stuff on it.  The
water will evaporate, the oil will burn, and the salt will turn the flames
bright yellow.  If you keep the feed rate down, the oil will burn clean and
not create a smoke column that will attract attention.

Finally, your community might have periodic "homeowner hazmat disposal" days
where you put the stuff in the trunk of your car along with the old paint
cans, insecticide, etc., drive down to the collection area, and guys with
bunny suits and respirators take it out of your trunk. I'm always amused by
this... a line of 50 or so homeowners, windows open, idling in line, with a
crew of hazmat folks in full protective gear at the front of the line. I
suppose people do accumulate some really hazardous stuff, and if it did get
loose, they'd run and tell everyone else to close their windows, etc.  Maybe
it's just to give the hazmat handling guys practice working in the suits,
and "just in case".  My wife worries about coming home one day, finding the
street blocked off and seeing the bunnysuited guys out in front of our
house, carrying my stuff out of the garage.






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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 3:57 PM
Subject: RE: Big Saltwater Cap


> Original poster: "sundog by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>
>
> Hi All!
>
>  Wow man :)  That's one heck of a SW cap bank!  Kudos on the neat
> construction of the caps, they look very professional.  And best of all,
> with a SW cap and a polepig, the only real things you have to worry about
> killing are the gap and secondary.  Don the earplugs, and let 'er rip!
> Great job, and hope ya were responsible with the "bottle gathering."  I
need
> to switch to a beer that comes in a clear bottle ;)
>
> my questions,
>   How do you move the obviously heavy banks around?  How and where do you
> store them?
>
>  Also, a question to the List in general, how do you get rid of old SW
caps?
> I can't very well dump motor oil down the drain, nor will the oil
recycling
> place take it with 2 gallons of oil and 5 gallons of salty water.  I can't
> really skim the oil off the surface, and vegetable oil is out because it
> gets "funky" after a week or so in the garage.
>   And I can't very well dump it in the back yard, got 2 dogs.  Heck, this
is
> FL, I wouldn't dump it anyway, bad for the water table.  So what I'm
needin'
> is a legal method of getting rid of it.  Other than just leaving the
bucket
> of goop on they recycling place's doorstep and making it SEP (Someone
Elses'
> Problem.)
>
>
>   Thanks!
> Shad
> PS, be safe when "gathering bottles" for your beer bottle caps!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:23 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Big Saltwater Cap
>
>
> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Dear List,
>
> I finally finished my 80nF beer bottle cap. Think salt
> water caps and pole pigs don't go together? Think
> again. Have a gander at:
> http:\\hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/bottle.htm
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
> http:\\hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
>
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