[Elecraft] OT: Transformer oil in DL's

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

I still have a cantenna (lid and resistor) that I bought in the early
sixties.  The bottom part of the can has been replaced many times.   I
always filled it with mineral oil.  My elmer said to use mineral oil,
that the other stuff stank if the can rusted.  So I did.  Have never
been able to find an aluminum bottom for the can.  Current incarnation
is the can from a gallon of deck stain, and a new gallon of mineral
oil.  Made the mistake of leaving it in out-shed on the floor for a
while and the bottom rusted through.

I quite suspect that most oil in cantennas leaked out of a rusty spot
and was never recycled or treated as hazardous waste.

73, Guy.

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Michael McShan <n5jky at me.com> wrote:
> Well, to be fair, only the abstract is available online unless you
> have a subscription to the International Journal of Toxicology, and so
> you would have to get the full article to judge the methods. I'm on
> campus at OU Medical Center and we don't have online access to this
> journal.  So, from only the abstract I can tell the following: