[Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] "Voter's Oil?"

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Wasn't Wahl a famous maker of barber's electric trimmers ?  I seem to remember Wahl's clipper oil recommended for applications (which I don't remember).

--Chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Harmon <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
To: jfor at quik.com, 'Wammes Witkop - greenradios.com' <wammes at greenradios.com>
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:57:18 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [Milsurplus]  "Voter's Oil?"

You're right...x- switches are....uhh..I guess I should say were...dry...no
lube.

Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of J. Forster
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 5:50 PM
To: Wammes Witkop - greenradios.com
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [Milsurplus] "Voter's Oil?"

Sounds like Strowger oil. Not a bad guess, huh?

BTW, I don't think crossbar switches are lubed at all.

-John

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>            I'm Dutch, but German was part of my education. And while
> collecting SEM's I kept it up...
>  Wähleröl is indeed quite spcialized, to be used on the relais
> in exchanges. Real light, but clinging, not to be spread all over the
> place when the rotating relais does it's job. At least, that is what the
> German Google results point out. Me, I think it might be quite like
> sewing machine oil, also a light lubricant in mechanically hectic
> circumstances.
>
>  Grtz, Wammes
>
>
>  J. Forster schreef:    Google is your friend (if you can read German).
> The name has several hundred hits.  "Wähleröl"  It might have
> something to do with telephone exchanges.  -John  ===================
>          Found in a dirty old box from a hamfest: A small bottle of what
> looks like lubrication oil, about half full, and marked
> "Wähleröl SHN 058912". Wähleröl translates from
> German as "Voter's Oil." Anyone ever heard of it??
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