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

[Tom Teixeira]

More likely PCB's -- polychlorinated biphenyls. This is the stuff 
used in electrical transformers (the ones on power lines).

At 8:33 PM -0500 8/8/05, Paul Nimz wrote:
>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>
>>  > To: "Archives new list SHO Times" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
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