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Return to top of page · Post #: 16 · Written at 8:53:14 AM on 15 September 2019.
	STC830 Location: NSW Member since 10 June 2010 Member #: 681 Postcount: 1256
Could there be PCBs in this cap?

Return to top of page · Post #: 17 · Written at 9:12:21 AM on 15 September 2019.
	Kakadumh Location: Darlington, WA Member since 30 March 2016 Member #: 1897 Postcount: 183
There certainly could be PCB's in that one given its age...get rid of it. BUT to where??? as not nice to simply toss into the garbage bin as that puts someone else at risk. It looks like it may well have been an modification at some point possibly when another cap in that spot had died and this was a quick fix. Most PCB's can only be destroyed by incineration in a high temperature furnace.

Return to top of page · Post #: 18 · Written at 9:15:46 PM on 15 September 2019.
	Marcc Location: Wangaratta, VIC Member since 21 February 2009 Member #: 438 Postcount: 5256
Even some of the ordinary Waxed Paper caps had PCB in them. The most reliable of that pattern are the grey sealed ones, of which that is not one. It looks like one set in bitumen or wrapped in tar paper. It is highly probable that it leaks (electrically) like a sieve. It actually may be a "B" filter. Marc

Return to top of page · Post #: 19 · Written at 8:25:41 AM on 16 September 2019.
	STC830 Location: NSW Member since 10 June 2010 Member #: 681 Postcount: 1256
"...get rid of it. BUT to where???" Some local councils have annual collection points for chemicals, paint etc. Maybe they would take it.

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