Re: Questions, Questions... (fwd)

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 3/24/01 5:07:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 23:24:00 -0600 
> From: ebyng <ebyng-at-netlimit-dot-com> 
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
> Subject: Questions, Questions... 
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> Will mineral oil work as a substitute for transformer oil?? 
> how about melted vaseline?? 
> thanks 
> Erik 



If you're careful, both will work, but not as well as transformer oil.  I've 
heard that mineral oil tends to be hygroscopic (absorbs water from air) while 
Vaseline is prone to having entrained air bubbles that are hard to get rid of 
because of the high viscosity and is somewhat more flammable. 

Matt D.