[Shotimes] Re:telecom gel: crappy SHO electrical connectors (cruise control cut off switch)

[Paul Nimz]

Also the deadliest chemical ever released into the world.  According to my
left wing, tree huggin' , eco-terrorist friends that is .....

Paul


On 8/8/2005 8:58:23 AM, Zach Leahy (leahyz@gmail.com) wrote:
> Polyvinylchloride is more commonly known as PVC I believe.
>
> Z
>
> On 8/4/05, Erik Balser <masho95@charter.net> wrote:
> > Well the stuff the original poster was refering to was NOT "Icky Pic".
> He
> > was refering to the gel substance found inside telephone jacks.  The gel
> in
> > the jacks is placed there as a preventive measure to protect against
> dust,
> > moisture, dirt, corrosion, etc.  Icky Pic is different from the gel
> > substance found in jacks.  Icky Pic can be found in both buried and
> aerial
> > cables, and also is found in multi-pair buried service drop wires.  The
> name
> > Icky PIC comes from 1) being icky, the stuff seems to cling to
> everything 2)
> > PIC is refering to the cable coating which is Polyvinylchloride
> Insulated
> > Cable.  I might be wrong on the Polyvinylchloride part, it may
> stand for
> > plastic, my memory is failing me.  Either way
> it's a plastic type coating on
> > the copper wires.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "K Gutzka" <nwgrn94mtx@yahoo.com>
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