5 Sep
2011
5 Sep
'11
11:33 p.m.
On 09/05/2011 07:13 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
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.
And if I understand correctly, there's very little metal in them to
begin with, and probably really dangerous (carcinogenically speaking) to
extract.
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.
...which is probably exactly what they were after.
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.
Fried dirtbag! ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL