Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!ncar!boulder!ccncsu!ncr-fc!jeffc From: jeffc@ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.com ( Jeff Cook) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle Message-ID: Date: 28 Feb 90 00:11:58 GMT References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <804@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <1990Feb23.041918.27178@utzoo.uucp> <648@sagpd1.UUCP> <1990Feb24.225351.8797@chinet.chi.il.us> <819@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> Sender: news@ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.COM Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO Lines: 30 In-reply-to: grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM's message of 27 Feb 90 18:05:52 GMT On 27 Feb 90 18:05:52 GMT, grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Gregory Ebert) said: > older A.C. capacitors, and large *sealed* transformers (>5-10kW). > The fuzzy stuff is the dielectric (paper/polypropylene) In article <819@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Gregory Ebert) writes: > In article jeffc@ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.com ( Jeff Cook) writes: >>Question: What was the fuzzy stuff? >>Might it have contained asbestos or PCP's? >>-- > Yeah, PCP's alright! Campus Police busted me for being inder the > influence when one exploded in my face. > Seriusly, though, PCB's (Poly-chlorinated Bi-phenyls)... Oops! I thought something looked funny there. Must have been what I was on when I blew that cap... -- ===================================================================== Jeffrey L. Cook jeffc%ncr-fc@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.com NCR Microelectronics uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!ncr-fc!jeffc 2001 Danfield Court 72506.237@compuserve.com Fort Collins, CO 80525 Compuserve: 72506,237 "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." -- Mark Twain ---------------------------------------------------------------------