[Amps] Non Detergent motor oil for dummy loads?????

[Charles Bibb]

At 01:16 PM 12/5/2008, 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?

I bought a commercial 2500W load from a broadcast engineer.  It was 
filled with automotive transmission fluid (red).  Been working fine 
for over a year now. ;-)

73,
Charles - K5ZK