[Milsurplus] Bird Termaline oil

[Joe Montano]

Back in the dark ages when I was a kid (40+ years ago), my dad built a
Heathkit Cantenna and instead of using transformer oil, he substituted
plain old mineral oil.  It was cheaper and didn't contain those dreaded
PCBs.

Every so often I replace what has leaked out over the years and it is still
working.

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM Mark Foltarz via Milsurplus <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I am cleaning up a Bird Termaline 8890 in preparation for working on my
> GPT 10K and I realize it most likely needs some oil.
> I reach out to Bird and ask for  a modern equivalent to the part #
> indicated in the manual
> They cheerfully send me to a link ( Bird RPK8890-3, Coolant Kit | Bird RF
> Online Store (btgstore.com) <https://btgstore.com/rpcokit3.html> )  for
> the oil.
> The kit only costs $1300 for 3 gallons of oil - and a gasket.
> I couldn't believe it.
> Anyone have any advice about a lower cost replacement for the oil ?
> I was thinking of using the MFJ transformer oil for loads.
>
> tnx
> de WA4AM
> Mark
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Joe Montano
N9VMO
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