<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Jon,</span></div><div><span>Yes, that is what I call the bible. I just read on page 940 that ABS accepts the extrapolation method to determine remaining service life. The test is very extensive and for a flat disk window it would probably be cheaper to buy new windows. I did not see that re- annealing helps.</span></div><div><span>Hank</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:54:50 PM, Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org>
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What is the acrylic bible? Are you talking about Stachiw's book?<br clear="none">
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On 12/15/2013 3:47 PM, hank pronk wrote:<br clear="none">
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<div><span>I don't know about the ABS rules, but the acrylic
bible has more to say about it. You can extend the service
life by decreasing the rating based on age and I believe
location and method of storage. </span></div>
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As far as ABS is concerned I suspect ABS
guidelines are the official word on it; 10 years
or 10,000 cycles. GL has similar limits and adds
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experts. Is it acceptable to have old
windows re-polished and then possibly
annealed to restore them. I have 8 that are
25 years old and need to be replaced
according to ABS etc.</span></div>
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official word on this. I note that the
windows below were from an MBT rather than
main windows. Chs Hugh</span></div>
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