Scott Dorsey wrote:

Greg Argendeli wrote:

Does anyone have a good procedure for discarding 'blown'
mercury-filled tubes?
I have a few 811, 817, and 807s (some good, some not), and an un-id
(think 807-size) unit that has a pool of mercury in it as well as a
nice splatter pattern inside the glass. The glass and the base are in
decent shape (no cracks) so it makes an interesting conversation piece
("hey, hook it up on a tester and lets see what happens!" are,
unfortunatley, common...) but I am concerned about safe disposal of
the sucker.


Sell them on Ebay! Folks will buy them to make lamps and christmas
ornaments out of them. Ebay is the finest way to get rid of hazardous
waste I know of.

HOWL! Good one Scott! Should be able to get some mileage out of this one...

- Mike KB3EIA -