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"Kalarama" wrote:

I would really worry about inhaling/handling the slightest amount of PCBs.
Especially if the unit was manufactured before the '70s. (@_@)

Then you'd be somewhat less than brilliant. No mention of transformer
oil was involved, and nobody is likely to uncan an oil filled
transformer in their living room. A dry, varnished/lacquered transformer
has no oil, so no PCBs.

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