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Originally Posted by Electronic M
Neat, I did not know they made them that long.
Jon, That depends on the folks in question. My folks tossed my grandparent's GE monitor top in the 90's only to wish they had listened to me when they later learned crappy ones can fetch a couple hundred.
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You saw the Monitor Tops at the Landmark and the Terminal in Milwaukee.
Per the owner, Joe, they contain Sulfur Dioxide refridgerant. Not much friendlier than ammonia. If you breathe it, it turns to sulfuric acid in your lungs.
IIRC, they still use ammonia refrigerant for skating rinks and large cold storage warehouses.
BTW, when the large fire occured at the Patrick Cudahy plant, the Cudahy, Wi. police evacuated the town, a two mile radius, from the plant, because of the fire might cause an explosion of the ammonia thanks.