Cantenna Oil

[Russ Hines]

Hello all:

PCB has been banned and not used in transformer oil since 1977.  So
unless it came from a 30 year old transformer, this isn't an issue.

Transformer oil is closer to hydraulic oil than motor oil.  You
might be better off using transmission fluid (that's NOT a
recommendation).

A quick Web search turned up:

http://transformeroil.net/index.html

or how about a company that uses gallons of transformer oil in their
products

http://www.nwl.com

Ask these folk, they may be helpful.  That's where I'd start if I
were looking for transformer oil.

73,
Russ
WB8ZCC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Kaeding" <rkaeding at HEATHKIT.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: Cantenna Oil


> Under no circumstances should you use motor oil. I don't care what
the
> transmitter power output is.
>
> For anything 100 watts or less, you can probably get away with no
oil at
> all. Just don't run power into it for long periods.
>
> Although mineral oil can be used, the power/time rating is
decreased over
> transformer oil.
>
> The far best thing to use is transformer oil. Several years ago I
was able
> to get a gallon directly from our local power company office. I
simply
> called up the I&M  (Indiana & Michigan) Eelectric Company office
in downtown
> Benton Harbor and the man I talked to said "come on down." He was
very
> accomodating and even showed me how they run an arc test on the
oil. And
> best of all, it was free! Even if they don't have it in bulk like
our local
> office did back then, they probably have some old transformers
sitting
> around that they could drain some off of. At any rate, just be
careful with
> it because it might contain PCBs.
>
> Randy, K8TMK
> "One of the Hams (still) at Heathkit"
>
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