[TowerTalk] Source of mineral oil for dummy loads in Canada?

[jimlux]

On 11/3/16 6:28 AM, jimlux wrote:
> On 11/3/16 2:38 AM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
>> Where are VE's buying their mineral oil for their dummy loads?
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>> I have visited several of the more popular local stores here lately and
>> other than a tiny 250ml or slightly larger bottle, can't seem to find
>> mineral oil in any kid of jug or big bottle.
>>
>> I need to fill a "paint can type" of DL..
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>> Where did you buy yours in Canada?
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>>


I should point out that laxative mineral oil (what you get at the drug 
store or feed store) is not insulating oil. Real insulating oil has 
different viscosity and has fairly strict limits on the amount of water 
and contaminants (much lower than USP grade mineral oil - a bit of water 
doesn't change the laxative effect, but has a huge effect on the 
breakdown voltage)

The other thing is that USP mineral oil doesn't have a well controlled 
smoke or flash point - on the other hand, one hopes you're not getting 
it that hot<grin>.

That said, lots of tesla coil experimenters have used regular old USP 
mineral oil as a dielectric for years.


Diala, Uninvolt, etc. are usually only available in 5 gallon pails or 55 
gallon drums.


Have you considered mail order from MFJ?
Yeah, it's $30, and shipping is probably as much again, but, then, 
you're not spending hours googling and calling, driving miles to some 
obscure jobber, etc.






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> I've not bought it in Canada, but a feed store is a good source - it's
> used by the gallon as a animal laxative.
>
> The other place to buy "real transformer oil" is what's called (here in
> the US) a "oil jobber".  They're basically small scale distributors of
> specialty products (mostly lubricants, but also other "things made from
> oil") - Shell Diala is one brand, Exxon Univolt is another, there's also
> a Castrol one, but I can't remember the name.
>
> As an example:
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> http://www.shell.ca/can/en_ca/business-customers/lubricants-for-business/lubricants-product-range/shell-diala-electrical-oils.html
>  there's a link on there for "find a distributor"
>
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