From: bjpendleton@charter.net
Date: Fri Oct 10 2003 - 21:11:51 PDT
some of the old 50s gages are Radioactive. Mine still have a slight glow to
them
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From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] RADIOACTIVE stenciled on S250
> There are many instances of electronic components containing trace amounts
> of radioactive material to enhance the operation and efficiency of the
> component. For instance, certain vacuum tubes contain beta-particle
> emitters. The common neon pilot light on your Sears multiple outlet strip
> has a tiny bead of radioactive material to make the pilot light last
longer.
> There is probably a government regulation that states that any amount is
> sufficient to be reportable, or labelled.
>
> By the way, here's a neat science experiment:
>
> Take an elderly power strip or light switch that has a neon pilot, but is
> getting weak and flickery. In a dark room, watch the light as you turn on
a
> small flashlight. The pilot will suddenly get brighter, and stop
flickering.
> That's because the photons (electrons) from the flashlight are helping the
> weakened neon gas to ionize. The manufacturer puts a tiny amount of
> radioactive stuff inside the pilot light, as a source of photons, to
> accomplish the same thing.
>
> Thank you, Mr. Science.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buck & Rami Sharp" <bls@inebraska.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] RADIOACTIVE stenciled on S250
>
>
> > hope your little smokey dont fall off or you grow any weird extra body
> parts
> > maby they hauled stuff around in it that wasnt that big of a deal unless
> it
> > got set off like a small bomb? just guessing hope its not still
> radioactive
> > is there any other numbers on it that could lead to an explination to
what
> > it was used for??
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bruce Beattie" <bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:31 PM
> > Subject: [MV] RADIOACTIVE stenciled on S250
> >
> >
> > > I have a very nice S250. The radios were taken out, but the condition
> > > inside and out
> > > is almost like new. In fact, I dought if it ever saw any duty at all.
I
> > > have had it for
> > > about 4 years now, and although I knew there was some stenciled
letters
> > > on the back,
> > > they had been sprayed over by DRMO so I never really paid that much
> > > attention to it.
> > > I was more interested in setting it up as a camper.
> > >
> > > One day a complete stranger walks by and asks what it is, and I
tell
> > > him it's a Radio
> > > Teletype, and then have to explain what that is. Then he asks me why
> > > there is this
> > > stenciled on letters 1 inch high that spells RADIOACTIVE? I snapped
> > > around and duh,
> > > there it is hiding under a few splotches of spray paint, but none the
> > > less quite ledgible.
> > >
> > > Any idea what was going on with this unit that they would put that
> > > on it?
> > >
> > > The irony of this whole thing is that Bezerkeley is one of those
places
> > > that has declared
> > > themselves a nuclear free zone. I never did understand that either,
> > > since I never met a
> > > bomb that could read and obey instructions from the ground.
> > >
> > > So there is your Friday night puzzle.
> > >
> > > Bruce MVPA 23824 (Starting to glow in the dark)
> > >
> > >
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