[Heathkit] Dummy Juice

[Jim Shorney]

On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 02:40:37 +0000, guy driver wrote:

>Seems as though after nearly thirty years and a couple of moves my Dummy 
>Load (Heathkit) has lost some of its juice.  What, pray tell, should I fill 
>it back with??

Hearsay testimony suggests that veterinary grade mineral oil from your
local farm supply store does a nice job.

Ran 600+ watts into a cantenna filled with the stuff at a friend's QTH,
and it didn't smoke.

There was a construction article in "the handbook" some years back
where the author suggested Texaco Regal R&O turbine oil as an
acceptable substitute for that nasty transformer oil. I don't recall
which viscosity he used, but I could probably dig it up.

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