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Philco 20/70/90 Speakers - asbestos?
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I think that you may be thinking of the fish paper that they used as an insulator, I don't know exactly what it is made from but it isn't asbestos. Whenever I have seen asbestos used in a speaker it's wrapped around the field coil, most often on speakers from the late 30s and into the 1940s but not on something like a Philco 20 speaker. I haven't seen any asbestos insulated wire in an old radio at all, I think that they reserved that sort of thing for appliances like clothes irons and space heaters that draw a lot of current.
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Arran


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Philco 20/70/90 Speakers - asbestos? - by nuke - 06-24-2011, 06:51 PM
Re: Philco 20/70/90 Speakers - asbestos? - by Arran - 07-05-2011, 07:24 PM
Re: Philco 20/70/90 Speakers - asbestos? - by Dan - 08-05-2011, 08:26 PM



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