Re: Mouldy calc Message #11 Posted by Ed Look on 17 Mar 2005, 10:26 a.m., in response to message #10 by bill platt
Hey Gentlemen!
Don't even bother with measuring the microwave emissions; if it's so old it arcs when you use it, I'M PRETTY SURE IT LEAKS MICROWAVES, as shielding in early models were poor and over time, it just gets worse.
If he won't replace it for you, get your own (they're pretty good and inexpensive these days) and stick his under the couch or in a closet somewhere.
As to ozone, Bill is right. On the surface of the Earth, it is considered by all rights to be a pollutant. It is an oxidant and so will cause chemical (hence, tissue) damage. It's good only in the upper atmosphere!
And Arnaud, I feel bad for you. As the rest of you, I am a HP calc nut, and years ago, I had to throw out my disintegrating case for my 34C. It didn't smell, but had a similar effect: the polymers of the inner lining was crumbling into this oily feeling powder (only later through this board did I realize you could simply wash it out) and bothered so much I got rid of it. (Fortunately, someone had an abandoned old 45 brown case that is still good lying around, so it's in that nowadays.)
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