On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:37:23 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

"Doug Kanter" wrote:

Here in upstate NY, an entire lake was contaminated with PCBs by some guy
"salvaging" transformers at the shoreline. The fish are no longer safe to
eat. You may want to investigate further what may be inside that
transformer
of yours before disassembling it. Perhaps your state's environmental
conservation department, or local department of solid waste could assist
in
finding out more. Or, the manufacturer.

How many transformers do you have in your house, Doug?
How many of those contain PCBs?
What types of transformers used PCBs, and what was the purpose for the PCBs?

Jon

When someone refers to a 'large' transformer, it's reasonable to ask
if there was any oil in it. The pole mounted transformers utilities
use used to have PCBs in them, for example.

However in this case there wasn't any oil, so no problem.

--RC

"Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells
'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets
fly with a club.
-- John W. Cambell Jr.