Re: NST Fix

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/21/02 3:30:56 AM Central Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes: 


>
> > Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
> > <ludev-at-videotron.ca> 
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > Personally I used a piece of plywood in place of the PVC because 
> > some time the transfo could get really hot. I put the wood in 
> > oven at 250 F for 2 hours and cook it in oil for half an hours to 
> > get the humidity put. Not sure but I think pig used wood too. 
> > 
> > Cheers, 
> > 
> > Luc Benard 
> > 
> >    
> Yes, but with the thing immersed in soybean oil, which by the way is very 
> good insulator some capacitor company already has patented the use of it 
> in there capacitors, the heat is negligible. 



Hi Ry, all. 

Since you spoke of using organic-based oils as dielectrics, I thought 
that you all might find this web page, that I just came across while do- 
ing a google search yesterday, interesting. It requires acrobat (a free 
download) to read: 

<<< http://www.elect.mrt.ac.lk/IEE2001_coconut_oil.pdf >>> 

David Rieben