[ARC5] HV oil caps - keep or not ?

[jphutch60bj]

That's *Chernobyl *oil }

I thought PCB oil was made during WWII just for the electronics market?

Seems to me I remember a scandal in post WWII Japan, some entrepreneur 
selling PCB oil to fry  food in because it would  not go rancid?  Think 
this was transformer oil with PCB's ?

Don't take my word for it.


On 1/14/2022 4:43 PM, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:
> I don't think the WW2 stuff used PCBs? It was just dielectric oil.
> Wasn't PCB something they used in the 60's?
> I know when it burns it creates dioxin, that;s why they banned it.
>
> There is a whole college building near my QTH that was abandoned due 
> to a PCB transformer fire in the basement. Its been there with a fence 
> around it for 20 years. Crazy!
>
> On Friday, January 14, 2022, 12:00:11 AM EST, Steve WD8DAS via ARC5 
> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> I'm not one to be afraid of components containing dielectric oil with 
> PCBs (Pyranol, Dykanol, Diachlor, Chlorinol, Hyvol, Interteen, 
> Chlorextol, Askarel, etc).  Like you, I try not to suck on them or use 
> the oil for frying chicken.
>
> But there is another reason I try not to use them.  I feel there is a 
> significant risk if there is a fire.  It is my understanding that if 
> burned, PCB oil can produce some really nasty toxins that are much 
> worse than the PCB itself.
>
>
> Steve WD8DAS
>
> sbjohnston at aol.com
> http://www.wd8das.net/
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