[Hallicrafters] S-94

[Van K7VS]

I would get rid of it quick or send it to me with a release form to sign.

Thanks   Van, K7VS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <n8uvq at juno.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <n8uvq at juno.com>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 11:07 AM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] S-94


> Earlier this year I purchased a Hallicrafters S-94
> Civic Patrol radio.  Today, I decided to test the tubes
> since it was raining outside.  Removing the bottom
> panel caused me some concern.
>
> The top of the bottom panel is a gary-white color.
> It's sort of stringy around the edges.  All of the air holes
> are perfectly drilled from top to bottom.  Factory rivets
> also go through gary-white top to the black bottom.
> That gray-white layer looks like it was added at the
> factory.
>
> Before I continue I should say that twenty years
> ago I was an Industrial Hygienist for a major company
> that removed asbestos.  I took an early retirement due
> to an injury.
>
> To me, this gary-white top surface APPEARS to be
> asbestos, but an educated guess is nothing more than a
> guess.  The only way to be 100% certain if this material
> is or is not asbestos is via laboratory analysis.
>
> In the 1950s and 1960s, when the S-94 was produced,
> asbestos was perfectly legal to use as break pads, house
> siding known as transite, water pipes made from transite,
> fire proofing material, plus pipe and boiler insulation, to name
> a few asbestos products.  Some of you former sailors may
> recall the use of asbestos in the engine rooms of oil and
> coal fired ships for insulation.
>
> For the moment, the bottom panel from my S-94 is
> sealed in two large zip lock plastic bags.  Eventually, I will
> send a sample of the material for laboratory analysis.
>
> In the event that this gray-white material is verified
> to be asbestos PLEASE DO NOT rip it off of your radio.
> Asbestos is kind of safe if left undisturbed.  However,
> the more it is disturbed the more the material releases
> asbestos fibers.  The released asbestos fibers are the
> real health danger.
>
> Does anyone else have this gray-white layer on the
> upper surface of their S-94's bottom panel?  Does anyone
> positively know if Hallicrafters actually used asbestos for
> some sort of heat shield?
>
>
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> 73 de Mark,  N8UVQ
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