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From: Peter Chadwick <Peter.Chadwick@zarlink.com>
To: amps@contesting.com <amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: 12 November 2001 10:52
Subject: RE: [AMPS] Coil Forms
>One or two of the deads are 83's. They've got mercury in, so I could have a
>disposal problem. Usual method is to wrap the tube in newspaper and hit
with
>hammer, then sort out with pliers to keep the base. Not too sure about the
>advisability of so doing with the 83s, though. Over here, as far as I know,
>there isn't a limit on what you can put in domestic rubbish.
One of the clock spares suppliers I use sells mercury for barometers and
pendulums etc. They sell spillage power - 1:1 mix of flowers of sulpher and
calcium hyroxide. www.medmaw.com
Steve
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