Re: Drying tranny oil

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Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

He's probably talking of calcium chloride. It's the little white balls sold
for melting snow. Calcium chloride is very hygroscopic, meaning it absorbs
water. If you leave a disk of it around on a humid day, it will liquify.

KEN

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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Drying tranny oil


> Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> What exactly is Ice melt? You're not talkin about rock salt
> I assume..
>
> Coiling In Pittsbrugh
> Ben McMIllen
>
> --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "marc metlicka by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>
> >
> >
> > A dryer is easy, just one or two sealed buckets of ice
> > melt connected to
> > the drum via a hose.
> > filter through coffee filters to remove the smallest of
> > particles.
> > Take care,
> > Marc M.
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >   I recently acquired 110 gallons of transformer
> > oil.. Unfortunately, when
> > > > I got it I had to put it into a 55 gal drum that had
> > some water in it
> > > > (Bad.. I know.. but it was drain it or loose the free
> > oil) Is there any
> > > way
> > > > to dry the oil (get the water out)? I was wondering
> > if you could maybe put
> > > > the drum under a vacuum.. Also, the oil had alot of
> > crud (corrosion from
> > > > the tanks it was in).. can this be easily filtered
> > out? I don't want to
> > > use
> > > > the oil and then have problems with conductive stuff
> > floating around
> > > > inside.. ;)
> > > >
> > > > Coiling In Pittsburgh
> > > > Ben McMillen
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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