----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Melia" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:54 AM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: Keeping the smoke in
Hi Warren, an excursion to high temperature should not affect the ferrite
as
this is sintered at quite high temperatures to make the ring. What might
suffer is the epoxy (usually) coating which may burn up and created a
lossy
shorted turn (guess, I have no experience of this) A quick solution might
be
to bung it in a beaker of cooking oil! That will act as insulation as
well!!
Just think you could be the first station with an oil cooled antenna
transformer !!
Cheers de Alan G3NYK
Warren, Alan, LFers,
From my own experience I wouldn't recommend cooking oil, as it will go
rancid on you in short order, and does it ever stink! I've had good luck
using mineral oil sold as a cattle laxative at any farm supply outlet like
TSC Stores, Co-op, etc.
73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL
Solar and wind powered
EN93dr
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