[Amps] Pole pigs removed from oil ??

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

Lots of country dirt roads were "oiled" with anything the county could  
find... burnt motor oil,,, industrial oil... whatever they could find.
Don W4DNR


Quoting JTB 😻 <jerryjtb at comcast.net>:

> In the 70s most were GE Pyranol oil. I not being aware I used the  
> oil for dust remediation on a country lane.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kevin  
> Stover, AC0H
> Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:35 AM
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Pole pigs removed from oil ??
>
> I'm a little concerned about people just dumping the oil.
> Transformer oil is a famous source of PCB's. How old does a pole pig  
> have to be before you can safely say there are no PCB's in the oil?
>
>
> On 11/2/2017 9:49 PM, Mike & Becca Krzystyniak wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>>     I used one that came off our power lines back in the 70's when they were
>> updating the grid.
>>     The oil was for heat transfer.
>>
>>     I pulled it from the oil and let it dry out for a few months.
>>     It never really drys but the weeping eventually stopped.
>>
>>     Mine ran a pair of 3-1000Z.  2400 VAC on the secondary.
>>     It loafed along at legal limit.
>>     I think I paid all of $25 for it.
>>
>>     Never had an issue with insulation breakdown.
>>
>> 73's  Mike  K9MK
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Thomson
>> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2017 8:44 PM
>> To: amps at contesting.com
>> Subject: [Amps] Pole pigs removed from oil ??
>>
>> Have any of you folks used or know of anybody who has used pole
>> pigs..removed from oil ?
>> Is there any inherent risk  with insulation breakdown etc ?
>>
>> Jim   VE7RF
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