Pure mineral oil is available from Bird although it is quit expensive.They
also sell synthetic oil, They use both in their loads and attenuators.
Sam kf4yox
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry K" <w5kp@hughes.net>
To: "Lloyd Korb" <k8dio@windstream.net>
Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Non Detergent motor oil for dummy loads?????
> Quite a few places make a living refurbishing power company pole and
> ground type transformers, there are two places like that in my area.
> They use a LOT of modern "official" no-PCB hi-temp transformer oil, and
> buy it in 55-gallon drums. They were nice enough to give me a couple of
> gallons of it because they didn't want to mess with the paperwork to
> charge me for what they considered such a tiny amount. Check the phone
> book, maybe one of those places is around your town.
> Jerry W5KP
>
> Lloyd Korb wrote:
>> I am resurrecting an old Heath Cantenna and having a hard time finding
>> mineral oil in large quantities. I have heard that is okay to use non
>> detergent motor oil. Is there any truth to that?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, 73
>>
>>
>>
>> Lloyd K8DIO
>>
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