"Keyboard In The Wilderness" wrote in message news:fjUYa.31252$ff.5358@fed1read01...
Jav -- asked many times before -- for the answers go to Groups Google.com
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I don,t fully understand why motor oil should not be used
in a dummy load! I need to make one so I can calibrate
one of my instruments. I intend to use one of the uptodate
gallon paint cans that has a PTFE liner and solder the lid on.
Since we now have the means to use low wattage signals for
tuning up purposes there is obviously no reason to store it
in the shack . So what really is the problem with using
available oil instead of emulating the aproach of industrial
transformers or regurgitating old thoughts ?
Art








Search for Oil For Cantenna or Oil For Dummy Load

Mineral Oil works well for me.


"Javier Henderson" wrote in message
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I got a Heathkit Cantenna recently, sans oil.

Where do I find transformer oil? The few industrial suppliers in my
area (Monterey, CA) want to sell me drums of the stuff. I only need
a gallon...

Is motor oil OK to use?

73,
-jav w6vms