Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: new system hardware

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 11. November 2012, 12:15:14 schrieb Dale:
>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>> and since baby oil is so great for the job we use it as lubcritant and
>>> for cooling in engines....
>> I was trying to overcome the problem that water causes things to short
>> out when it leaks on a mobo, something mineral oil doesn't do according
>> to what I have read.  I never said it was the world's greatest heat
>> conductor.
> ever heard of 'transformer oil'?
>
> for some reason or another they move away from mineral oil...
>

I have heard of it.  It appears that it is mineral oil also. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer_oil

"Transformer oil or insulating oil is usually a highly-refined mineral
oilthat is stable at high temperatures and has excellent electrical
insulating properties."

I'm not saying that every single transformer out there has mineral oil
in it but according to that, it is still in common use.  Also, according
to that it also does the job of removing the heat from the transformer
too.  If you want, watch this video.  You can see how they are made from
start to finish, including the mineral oil fill up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUO3o5JTGhQ

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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