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From: billp@azure.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Airplanes gain weight
Message-ID: <2537@azure.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 13:32:14 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 16 13:32:14 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 02:44:09 EST
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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>>	If Mr. Wheeler doesn't believe that cigarette smoke could add
>>	2000 pounds to a 747, I suggest he be assigned to clean the interior
>>	of an old 747.  There's a *lot* of surface area in there!  And
>>	smoke is just *so* enjoyable to clean off.

I don't know about smoke accumulation in planes, but I have worked on enough
TV's to see the effect there.  Anything carrying high voltage will attract
junk out of the air.  Especially the high voltage rectifier tube in old sets
is coated with dirt.  In homes where nobody smokes, this coating is usually
just fine dust, which can easily be blown off.  When people smoke, there is
usually a thick, sticky coat of tar covering the tube.  Once we picked up a
set for repair from a tavern.  The tar that had condensed on the tube had
run off, soaked a good portion of the chassis, and formed a puddle
underneath the TV.

	Bill Pfeifer
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