Mineral oil is a clear highly refined petroleum based (I think) oil. (The
gallon can that I had for some time came from Chevron. The oil company).
It looks like and has the consistency of cooking oil. It does not smell or
taste. You can actually buy small quantities of it at any drug store. It is
used as a laxative for both animals and humans. You just take a big swig of
it! It is also used as a lubricant for the medical industry. If the doctor
puts a tube down your nose or throat, they usually use this. Veterinarians
also use it for lubricant when inserting tubing or medical instruments etc
into the orifices of animals.
There you go!
73
Jim W7RY
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Watts <wy6k@yahoo.com>
To: Stu Greene <wa2moe@firstinter.net>; David Clemons <dave@egh.com>;
<TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 13:10
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Oil for dummy load
|
| What is mineral oil? Are there some common trade names? Where do you buy
it?
| --- Stu Greene <wa2moe@firstinter.net> wrote:
| >
| > At 12:42 PM 1/25/02 -0500, David Clemons wrote:
| >
| >
| > > The older transformer oil contained PCBs. If you use that
type
| > > of oil, you do not want to get it on you when you work with it
as
| > > exposure to PCBs can possibly lead to cancer. The newer
transformer
| > > oil might not contain PCBs, but I don't know how to tell the
| > > difference between new and old. Mineral oil, if it will
dissipate
| > > the heat, definitely sounds better.
| > I agree. I don't know how to tell the difference between transformer
oils.
| > I was aware of the problem with transformer oil in 1977 (the Hudson
River
| > was being treated for the junk that General Electric dumped into the
river,
| > and my Heath dummy load was filled with mineral oil in 1977 (lots of
| > bottles) and is still in use. It dissipates heat nicely and obviously
does
| > not contain anything but mineral oil, a laxative.
| >
| >
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