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Re: Saltwater Cap Oil
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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 11:04:03 +1000
From: Phil Chalk <philoc-at-ozemail-dot-com.au>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Saltwater Cap Oil
Tesla List wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 17:44:39 -0400
> > From: Someone <fox-at-netunlimited-dot-net>
> > To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Subject: Re: capacitor fuzz
> >
> >
> < Snip >
>
> The oil changing color is normal. You have it in
> intimate contact with a salt
> solution, and the high voltage pulsing causes a
> certain level of mixing to take
> place. Also the electric fields and any subsequent
> corona at the interface will
> also cause a change in color. It normally doesn't
> create any problem, but check
> on it occasionally, and if it gets sludgy, then
> change the oil and salt
> water... say, every 10,000 miles :)
>
> Hope this helps.
> Fr. Tom McGahee
P.S. Ever had a car with a blown head gasket ? You
can end up with this kind of caramel sludge in both
your sump & radiator. I guess if you put a little oil
& water in a jar & shake it up you get the same stuff
too. Just the natural result of 'blending' the oil &
water.
Cheers,
Phil.