- 1. [TowerTalk] Fwd: Oil For Dummy Load (score: 1)
- Author: Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 12:32:17 -0500
- I dime in the discussion, why not use something with the lowest viscosity such as kerosene. That way the heat would be more efficiently removed. Kerosene has a relatively low flam point so, unless yo
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- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Oil For Dummy Load (score: 1)
- Author: TexasRF--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 12:45:20 -0500
- What is wrong with using distilled water, $1.50 per gallon at Walmart? Works just fine for amplifier cooling, no problem at 2000vdc and 1296 MHz. Not flammable either! 73, Gerald K5GW In a message da
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- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Oil For Dummy Load (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 13:50:30 -0500
- Distilled water and deionized water have an affinity for metallic ions. IOW, it's corrosive. If it's kept in brass or copper, it will leach ions. Brass will take on a reddish hue and become very brit
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- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Oil For Dummy Load (score: 1)
- Author: "Perry K4PWO" <k4pwo@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 12:57:32 -0600
- That brings up another thought... how would ethaline glycol (anti-freeze) work as dummy load coolant? Perry Distilled water and deionized water have an affinity for metallic ions. IOW, it's corrosive
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-12/msg00073.html (14,618 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Oil For Dummy Load (score: 1)
- Author: "D. Scott MacKenzie" <kb0fhp@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:41:41 -0500
- Several things: Water is no good for all the reason cited: Corrosive, and conductive. Ethylene Glycol suffers from the same fate - it is also corrosive and conductive. Antifreeze, contains corrosion
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-12/msg00083.html (15,994 bytes)
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