You want the stuff sold for laxative use, USP Mineral Oil, sometimes trademarked Nujol. You do NOT want Baby Oil.
-John ============ > Hi > > Some drug store mineral oil has extra "stuff" in it. This is one case > where you want the cheap generic version rather than the "improved" name > brand. > > Bob > > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Chuck Harris wrote: > >> Plain old mineral oil, also known as paraffin oil, as can be found in >> any >> drugstore. >> >> They should be filled above the element, but not quite full. Maybe 3/4 >> to 7/8 >> full. It isn't really important. >> >> -Chuck Harris >> >> Chris Erickson wrote: >>> I bought some old Leeds & Northrup standard resistors on ebay and and >>> seller >>> dumped the oil out before sending them. Does anyone know what the >>> correct >>> kind of oil to put back in these? How full should they be? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
