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Power steering fluid as capacitor oil?
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@poodle.pupman.com>
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Subject: Power steering fluid as capacitor oil?
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 01:50:15 -0600
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From: student_of_agoshtas[SMTP:ceg4760m@cs.wright.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 1997 7:38 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Power steering fluid as capacitor oil?
Has anyone tried using power steering fluid as a capacitor oil. I
purchased a few bottles of Pyroil Power Steering Fluid which, on the back,
features and extensive list of ingredients: petroleum oil. No additives,
according to the label. It appears to be very low viscosity (lower than
the mineral oil I looked at during the same shopping trip. I didn't buy
the mineral oil because it listed tocopherols(sp?), which I believe is
vitamin E, as an additive.
My ohmeter went infinite with the stuff, and it readily saturated a sample
of the
masking paper I used to roll my cap.
Aric