Mineral Oil

[sb200]

I have been using peanut oil for 6 years now and all's fine.  I opened it to 
see what it looked like it looked and smelled like.  It's like the day I put 
it in the can and most important no bad smell YET.  I do get a nice peanut 
oil smell if I tune into it for a few min.  I can pump 1200 watts into it 
and all is fine.  I guess it depends how much power your using.  What are we 
talking aboit 100 watts or 5 K?  How long does it take to tune up?

 I guess if you were working on something that required you to keep the 
transmitter transmitting for extended periods of time then worrying about 
what material you have in it may be of concern.  Glen opened my eyes though 
I don't want any nasty smelling stuff in the shack so I guess I'll have to 
change it  I sure would use transformer oil if someone would give it me. 
Anyone want to give me some?


Regards;

Chris



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GBrown" <gkbrown at GWI.NET>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [HEATH-TEMPE] Mineral Oil


> Contrary to beliefs, I have had cooking oil in my cantenna for 18 years 
> and
> NO signs of water or any other materials. Works as good today as it did 
> from
> day one.
> Regards,
> Gary...WZ1M
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at ARRL.NET>
> To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 9:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Mineral Oil
>
>
>> On Dec 16, 2005, at 5:55 PM, GBrown wrote:
>>
>> >     Any kind of cooking oil at your local grocery store.
>>
>> I would not recommend using cooking oil in a cantenna-style dummy
>> load. The problem is that cooking oil is hydroscopic. It will absorb
>> water and allow the electronic components to corrode.
>>
>> Mineral oil is an excellent choice. Transformer oil will work better,
>> but it's harder to obtain and older versions contained potentially
>> toxic PCBs. Mineral oil is inexpensive, and it will last for decades.
>>
>>
>> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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>>              -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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