[Hallicrafters] S-94

[jeremy-ca]

Shred it up and blow it around on those who actually believe that a one shot 
or low level exposure can hurt them. More myths brought on by the 
professional panic mongers, personal injury lawyers and useless politicians.

Long term mining, processing and sloppy installion/repair exposure will kill 
you but not a tiny insulating panel that is left alone. If it bothers you 
that much use a rattle can to paint it and not annoy some lab who will test 
it, notify a lawyer who pays them a kickback, notify the media and have a 
gaggle of bearded unwashed morons picketing your house.

My father in law worked in the steam pipe tunnels under Harvard University 
for over 40 years. Loaded with asbestos covered pipes yet he died of happy 
old age at 89.

I worked in old mill buildings throughout New England, including National 
Radio, with exposed asbestos covered pipes everywhere. I also spent 4 years 
in the Navy aboard oil fired ships which used asbestos covered pipes 
everywhere a steam or hot water pipe went throughout the ships. It wasnt 
restricted to the engine room. My lungs are perfect.

When I bought this place it had asbestos shingles. The local munincipal 
idiots wanted me to have a professional disposal company remove and dispose 
of them at a huge cost. A complete racket. Asbestos shingles arent dangerous 
unless powdered and breathed with a bag over your head. I removed, dug a 
hole and buried them, end of problem. Told the building inspector to screw 
off, never heard another peep. That was in 1989.

Carl
KM1H




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab at cdsnet.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; <n8uvq at juno.com>
Cc: <n8uvq at juno.com>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] S-94


>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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>> e-mail:  N8UVQ at juno.com
>> 73 de Mark,  N8UVQ
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