Am Sonntag, 11. November 2012, 15:06:12 schrieb Dale: > 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
and the oil is very toxic and as I wrote earlier mineral oil is replaced with other coolants. For some very good reasons. ... -- #163933
