[ARC5] Cleaning Capacitor Oil Leakage

[Geoff]

Several years back I was drilling into scrapped large caps and draining the 
PCB's and using to refresh various dummy loads that were filled with the 
rather useless modern oils.

I didnt get any PCB on me and those loads are still dry.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
Cc: "ARC-5 List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Cleaning Capacitor Oil Leakage


> On 27 Oct 2012 at 18:52, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
>>      What mainly concerns me is the oil. The wax or potting
>> compound has to be removed enough to get the new caps in but
>> its pretty soft.  The oil is toxic and I am not sure how to
>> deal with it safely.
>
> As several of us have mentioned, the small amount of PCBs in those caps 
> (IFF in fact it IS
> PCB) is certainly not going to be dangerous in our situation.
>
> I investigated this at some length back when I was still working at the 
> University of Idaho. I
> had some PCB filled capacitors and other such devices.
>
> I was told that 1) if they weren't leaking, they were perfectly safe to 
> use, and 2) if they WERE
> leaking, such a small quantity was not dangerous, but if I wanted to take 
> care of it, put it in a
> ziplock bag and put it in the trash.
>
> Even the damned EPA doesn't care unless you have at least a MINIMUM of 10 
> gallons of the
> stuff, and even then, they aren't particularly concerned, Anything LESS 
> THAN 10 gallons
> does not concern them in the least.
>
> Don't worry about it. Wear nitrile gloves (as John told you) put the stuff 
> in a ziplock and toss
> it.
>
> Ken
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