Subject: RE: S4 used Air bag price ?

[Larry C Leung]

I've been told by a Chemistry Professor of mine that the
chemicals used as propellents for airbags, in their un-fired
form are considered hazardous waste, even if separated into
separate containers (apparently one of the constituents is quite
toxic). However, once the bag is fired, the by product is chemically
inert, i.e. harmless. So, one of his students (has many returning adults,
in a Community College), whom works at a dealership volunteers that
at least her dealership (and she knows of others), in an attempt to lower
their hazardous waste disposal fees (yeah. right), instructs their
employees
to fire off disposed airbags in the manner you've described, thus
allowing them
to be disposed of in the ordinary trash. It doesn't hurt that everytime
they do this,
the entire dealership wanders out back to enjoy the "show". 

LL - NY

> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:58:03 -0400
> From: "Chris Semple" <chris at force5auto.com>
> Subject: RE: S4 used Air bag price ?
> To: "'Emre Washburn'" <yumyjager at gmail.com>
> Cc: 'tihol tiholov' <tihol.tiholov at sd27.bc.ca>, quattro at audifans.com
> Message-ID: <068401c4a250$86056380$289ee904 at shop>
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> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Emre Washburn [mailto:yumyjager at gmail.com]
> 
> > > Nah, perfectly good item, it's just a commonly available
> > part that's all.
> > > Not S4 specific in the least. We've been known to toast off
> > a good one on
> > > Fri eve's for fun :)
> >
> > How does one do this? I have an extra left over from a Sport 
> steering
> > wheel conversion that is collectiong dust ;-)
> > Emre
> > 92 //S4
> > 90 Cq
> > 40 valves to many!
> 
> Grab a pigtail for the clockspring and run 25ft of the cheapest 
> lampcord you
> can find and your favourite test battery from the shop floor. Think 
> old WW2
> movies with this stuff. Apply 12v and pop, the healthy ones will 
> shoot
> several feet in the air.
> 
> Standard Disclaimer: (since this in in the archives now) Not a 
> recommended
> procedure, do this at your own risk!
> 
> -Cheers
> Chris Semple
> Concord NH
> '92 S4
>    '81 Vw Pickup
>       '96 Vw Harlequin Golf
> 
> 
>