RE: Dielectric oil for a new capacitor (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:18:28 -0700
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>, tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Dielectric oil for a new capacitor (fwd)

At 10:45 AM 6/19/2007, Tesla list wrote:

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>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:00:52 +0000
>From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: Dielectric oil for a new capacitor (fwd)
>
>Hi Dave, Skip, all,
>
>Ouch! $84 for 5 gallons of transformer oil? Maybe I'm just out
>of touch with the current prices of dielectric oil but I purchased a
>5 galon bucket pail of Shell DialaX transformer/dielectric oil from
>my local Shell oil supplier a couple of years ago for about $30. I
>realize that petroleum prices have gone up considerably since then,
>but at nearly a threefold price increase, that price still seems a bit
>disproportionately inflated to me. Has dielectric oil gone up that much
>or did I just get a real good deal !?

Nope.. It's $40/pail now.

The $84/pail (+ shipping) is for EDM oil which might have some 
special properties?