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Re: Mercury in Vermont

Posted By: SVP Neon Equipment
Date: Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:10 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Mercury in Vermont (Don Miner)

> This is all well and good, but how are we to
> recycle a neon tube to regain the mercury
> when the tube gets broken and the mercury is
> lost in the field and is impossible to
> retrieve? I do wholesale neon for many sign
> companies and when the tubes come to me
> broken, what am I to do. The main reason
> many tubes come in for repair are due to the
> breakage factor. Just MHO Thanks, Don

There are some shops who are starting to not accept mercury repairs because of this situation. What they do is have their customer make a pattern of the old tube and just bring them the pattern and the "repair" is made new. They leave it up to the sign company to dispose of the old mercury tube along with their old fluorescent lamps. I don't know how this may affect their lamp recycling, but it takes the burden off the neon shop of disposing of any old mercury tubes.

Messages In This Thread

• Mercury in Vermont -- Dana -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 9:28 a.m.
  • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 1:29 p.m.
    • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Jay B. Little -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 1:51 p.m.
      • Incandescent light bulb -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 5:16 p.m.
    • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- John Anderson -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 5:52 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Don Miner -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 9:45 p.m.
        • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:10 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Dana -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 5:49 a.m.
        • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Gavin -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 6:44 a.m.
          • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- John Anderson -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 11:54 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:09 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Dana -- Monday, 12 February 2007, at 10:45 p.m.
  • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- TerryM -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 12:12 p.m.
    • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Don Miner -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 2:08 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:14 p.m.
        • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Dana -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 11:18 p.m.
        • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- Don Miner -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 12:02 a.m.
    • Re: Mercury in Vermont -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:12 p.m.
      • On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 4:08 p.m.
        • Re: On second thought... -- Gavin -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 10:09 p.m.
          • Re: On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 1:41 a.m.
            • Re: On second thought... -- Don Miner -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 8:23 p.m.
              • Re: On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 9:16 p.m.
                • Re: On second thought... -- John Anderson -- Monday, 12 February 2007, at 6:09 p.m.
                  • Re: On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 12:52 p.m.
                    • Re: On second thought... -- Don Miner -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 1:16 p.m.
                    • Re: On second thought... -- John Anderson -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 4:03 p.m.
                      • Re: On second thought... -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 4:54 p.m.
                        • Re: On second thought... -- Don Miner -- Wednesday, 14 February 2007, at 1:19 a.m.
                          • Re: On second thought... -- Dana -- Wednesday, 14 February 2007, at 2:35 a.m.

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