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[Amps] sealed air cooled dummy load in oil??

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Subject: [Amps] sealed air cooled dummy load in oil??
From: "Jim Nowotarski" <N3GOO@ARRL.NET>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 21:08:41 -0400
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> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:21:52 -0400
> From: "Gary Patterson" <gpatterson53@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Amps] sealed air cooled dummy load in oil??
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> Can one of those "finned", air cooled, sealed dummy loads be dumped
into a
> can of transformer oil (cantenna-like) and significantly increase
its power
> dissapation??
>
Generally yes, depending of course on your definition of
"significant."
I would suggest monitoring the temperature of the load. The oil will
help transfer the
heat from the load, but of course it won't increase the max
temperature that the load can take.
-
Jim

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