[Hallicrafters] Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB Oils - long)

[Roy Morgan]

At 03:07 AM 10/17/03 -0400, "Barry L. Ornitz" <ornitz at tricon.net> wrote:
>Rich Oliver (KC9GQ ?)wrote:
>
> > Several years ago I noticed that a couple of my oil filled
> > HV caps had started to leak.
>
>That engineer should be fired!
>
>Sprague's trademark name for their PCB capacitor filling was
>Chlorinol.

Barry, and others,

I *REALLY* appreciate any more or less hard facts posted on this topic, 
particularly Barry's last post giving names of the oils used in capacitors.

Though I have some capacitors at my place that almost certainly contain 
PCB's, I am more interested in cleanup methods than in disposal methods.  I 
assume that PCB's are dangerous to the environment and would not just fling 
old capacitors over the back fence.

  I am interested in guidance on the following points:

1) If I find a capacitor or transformer or choke leaking, is the leakage 
dangerous to me if I get the stuff on my hands?

2) Are PCB compounds dangerous only, or especially, if burned?

Roy


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