Heath dumbie load

[Charles W. Morehouse]

Ann,
You now know what and why.  I is probably filled with mineral oil which 
is no hazard.  Any ham will be glad to have it.
I have one. Take care.
Wayne,
W4GBW

W6CUX wrote:

> Ann, the terminology  is "Dummy Load" and was manufactured as a 
> Heathkit "Cantenna" p/n HN-31 or HN-31A in the 1960's and 70's. The 
> Heath Co is no longer in this business.
>
> Is anybody in Maine going to follow up on this? The Maine citzen will 
> surely give it away just to get it off her hands.
> The amount of PCB ( 1 Gal) does not fall under the Fed regs and is not 
> considered a harzard.
>
> Regards, Stewart D. Lyon  (Stu, W6CUX)
>
> ann pistell wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I received a call from a lady who has an item I think is called a dumbie
>> load.  She says it looks like a paint can, made by Heath, and is more 
>> than
>> 30 years old.  It has a liquid inside.  She wants to properly dispose of
>> it.  My guess is that it is transformer oil and way back then 
>> transformer
>> oil had PCBs, a substance we now know causes certain types of 
>> cancer.  Does
>> anyone know about whether there would be PCBs in the oil?  Is Heath 
>> still
>> in business?  Any help would be most appreciated.
>> Ann
>>
>>  
>>

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