These PVC containers remind me of something that happened years ago when I worked in the Substation Section at Alabama Power Company. We had a program to do gas chromatograph testing on power transformer oil to detect dissolved combustible gas levels in the oil. The presence of such gases could indicate incipient transformer failure.
The divison crews would take the oil sample into a sealed glass container, then pad it and mail it to us in a shipping container made of PVC pipe with end caps, almost identical to Jerry's burial capsules. They would just slap a shipping label on it and put it in the mail. One day we were contacted by the FBI. An oil container had sprung a leak and a postal worker raised the alarm. The FBI had inspected the container, X-rayed it, and then came to visit us to ask if we knew what someone was shipping to us and whether it was an explosive or otherwise hazardous substance leaking out.
Jerry, you might want to avoid using the PCV as the sole shipping container. In these days of heightened security, that could greatly delay delivery and get someone an FBI visit.
The divison crews would take the oil sample into a sealed glass container, then pad it and mail it to us in a shipping container made of PVC pipe with end caps, almost identical to Jerry's burial capsules. They would just slap a shipping label on it and put it in the mail. One day we were contacted by the FBI. An oil container had sprung a leak and a postal worker raised the alarm. The FBI had inspected the container, X-rayed it, and then came to visit us to ask if we knew what someone was shipping to us and whether it was an explosive or otherwise hazardous substance leaking out.
Jerry, you might want to avoid using the PCV as the sole shipping container. In these days of heightened security, that could greatly delay delivery and get someone an FBI visit.