Water would work. However, the power handling of the load would be reduced
from what it is with transformer oil.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
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From: Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net>
To: amps@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 6:52 AM
Subject: [Amps] Dummy load. Can distilled water be used instead of oil ?
I built a dummy load consisting of 4 x 200 ohm globars in parallel. Each
resistor is 12 inchs long x 1 inch OD.
Each resistor resides in its own 3 inch od x 12 inch long AL pipe. All 4 x AL
pipes are heliarc welded together.
The entire mess will sit in a 7 gal new paint can. A 5 gal can + top part of
a 2nd can were brazed together.
A 7-16 DIN was installed dead center in the top lid....along with a pressure
relief tube, off to one side.
Instead of xfmr oil, can distilled water be used instead ?? It will only
be used on 160-10m..and maybe 6m.
If something goes terribly wrong, Id rather have water all over the basement
floor vs oil. Distilled water is
an insulator. Heck, Bird + CD have water loads that use tap water. AG6K
depicts a hb water load...with a
single 500W resistor inside some pvc tube and a garden hose fitting on one
end....and coax connector on the
other end.
I realize water boils at 212 F. Has anybody tried distilled water in a 1 gal
dummy load ? Is it still 50 ohms ?
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