[Noisebridge-discuss] mercury on the table?

[Christie Dudley]

This is indeed true, but what was found was significantly more than a tiny
bead, which suggests that something like an old thermostat or tilt switch as
Jonathan mentions.  The neon sign in question was an old Budweiser (probably
conventional neon with no mercury) sign found in the alley with every tube
broken before it even entered the space.

This is a very poor answer for why we had puddles of mercury on our table.
As a highly toxic substance, it's not the sort of thing that's floating
around in random electrical or electronic components.  It's important that
anyone handling anything with any amount of mercury be cognizant of the
hazards they pose to us all and follow acceptable handling protocols, which
we don't have the equipment to do at Noisebridge (yet!).

Christie

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On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Jonathan Foote<jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:
> > A mercury vapor  streetlamp will have a visible amount of Hg, but little
> more that a
> > tiny bead.
>
> A tiny bead of mercury still calls for full evac and hazardous
> materials handling. Mercury vapor is serious shit.
>
> - Sai
>
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