Hi JB I am almost tempted to say "if it goes rancid you are not running
enough power" :-))
Cheers de Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: J. B. Weazle McCreath <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 03 February 2006 02:21
Subject: Re: LF: Re: Keeping the smoke in
----- 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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