Discarding Mercury Tubes? - Page 2

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July 9th 04, 12:57 PM

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In article , K3HVG
writes:

I had no idea that 811's and 807's had mercury in them!! 866's yes.. but
807's???

They don't. Only mercury vapor rectifiers have mercury in them.

811s and other tubes with thoriated-tungsten filaments have thorium in them,
which is slightly radioactive.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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