Re: X-Ray Transformer HV Power Supply

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Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>

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 > Maybe a diesel engine could possibly run on it? But I don't
>see any gas burner being able to digest transformer oil, espe-
>cially if it's the old carberator type, which certainly depends on
>the -45*  flashpoint of gasoline to operate.
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It would be a diesel engine; there is an old farmer round here who got a 
couple of thousand gallons of old transformer oil when the electricity 
utility did an oil change on a substation; he's been running his diesel 
Toyota Hilux on it, admittedly with a little smoke...

Cheers

M

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