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 oil that 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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