Re: Grades of Mineral Oil?? [price]

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Subject: Re: Grades of Mineral Oil?? [price]
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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:09:17 -0600
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From: 	Jim Lux[SMTP:jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net]
Sent: 	Wednesday, October 29, 1997 10:08 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Grades of Mineral Oil??


> What are you refering to when you say "jobbers", I've tried ordering from

> an Exon dealer and was told mineral oil would cost $15.00 per gallon in 
> the 5 gallon container for transformer grade.
In my area (Los Angeles, CA) the Shell jobber is in Van Nuys, L.T.
something (I can't recall right now). I buy diala AX, and it was about
$20-25 for a 5 gal bucket including the sales tax. $15/gal sounds really
high.

> 
> > I note also that Maxwell labs uses Castor Oil in their caps (or they
used
> > to, anyway)
> 
> And what the heck is the electrical specs on castor oil ie. dialectric 
> constant, dialectric strength and most important it's power factor?
I will find out and post results here.