5 Sep
2011
5 Sep
'11
4:13 p.m.
On 5 Sep 2011 at 18:29, Dave McGuire wrote:
Yep, I've heard that too. THAT process also
has to start
somewhere.
Catalytic converter thefts are up. The metals people say they don't
understand why--yes, there's platinum, but it's fairly difficult to
extract economically.
Reminds me of the guys who'd rip of the gold galvonometer supports in
the chart recorders, along with the sliver slidewire beads. There
probably wasn't enough there in salvage value to buy much more than a
few beers at the local watering hole.
I was surprised that nobody slipped between the furnace walls yanked
out the 3 ft. long Pt, Pt-Rh thermocouples and ran off with them.
Probably had something to do with the 2500F furnace temp.
--Chuck