[ARC5] Cleaning Capacitor Oil Leakage

[J. Forster]

Years ago, I was told by a friend who was in the CAP and a private pilot,
to always wear narural fibers, like cotton or wool, when flying
commercial, just in case there was a fire. Apparently, synthetic fabrics
burn and melt, causing horrible injury.

Best,

-John

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> My Nomex comes from the aviation side.  There's the required flight suit
> (coveralls) and I have the long underwear, which is amazingly comfortable.
>  The
> jacket goes over that, and of course there are gloves, single layer for
> summer
> and multilayer for winter.  Luckily, all this is available surplus for
> astonishingly low cost, even for items which are brand new.  I only buy
> new as I
> was taught that eventually after a lot of wear and washings Nomex gets
> lots of
> fibers raised on its surface which reduces its fire resistance.
>
> Glad that your attention to detail on proper protective clothing worked
> out.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On 10/29/2012 10:35 AM, gordon white wrote:
>>       I wear a Nomex fire suit (coverall) and long Nomex underwear, even
>> on hot days in the summer. WHENEVER I get in the race car to start it.
>> Also Nomex socks, gloves and shoes. You have to wear at least two layers
>> (three or four is better) else in a fire the suit transmits the heat.
>> Layers are good. I blew the engine and had a serious fire back in 1997
>> when going 115 mph. Took 19 seconds to find a soft spot to get off the
>> track without hitting another car or something hard. 19 seconds is a
>> long time to sit in a fire. If I had not worn the Nomex I would not be
>> here.
>>
>>       I did not even mind when the EMTs cut that $600 suit off me -
>>
>>       So - Nomex is good.
>>
>>    - Gordon White
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