Reply to "Restoring a Lionel M-10000 Streamliner 12/27/19- The Motor Runs!"

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mlaughlinnyc posted:
RSJB18 posted:
Busy with some last minute shopping yesterday and the kids wanted to bake cookies.....
I did find a few minutes to check the old transformer that came with the set. It still works! The cord is very brittle and will need to be replaced.
The rheostat is neat but it has asbestos wire and a sheet of insulation above the coil so I plan to wrap it up and put it away for now. Amazing where that stuff was used years ago.
Those rheostats were made 30 to 50 years before it was suspected that asbestos might be a health hazard and even today it is not harmful unless fibers are inhaled in large quantity of for a long time. The hardened material in those rheostats is not a problem. The contact wiper that moves across the metal coil does not come in contact with the insulation.

Precisely. The word asbestos creates hysteria needlessly.

12/24/195:45 PM

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