RE: PCB Who?

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• Subject: RE: PCB Who?
• From: "Coiler" <mycroft-at-access1-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 07:13:22 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Not so much a "thing" PCBs refer to a fire and oxidation retardant that was
added to transformers in up to the 70's (I think, someone correct me)
PCB is Poly-Chlorinated Biphenol - and the bad JuJu comes from the fact that
they break down to dioxins if I recall correctly.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla List [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 4:17 AM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: PCB Who?
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> Original Poster: Paul Gower <gower-at-cairns-dot-net.au>
>
> Hi all,
>          I was scouting around the other day trying to find a big
> transformer for a future tesla coil and it turns out that i can probably
> get 2 pole pigs for free :). Problem is that they are rather old and the
> person I was talking to siad that they most likely contained PCB's. Ive
> heard that PCB's are bad juju but I'm not really sure what they are. Is
> there anyone who can explain just what a PCB is and what it could do to
> me?
>
>                                                 Thanx Heaps
>
>
>
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