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| Thread ID: 81003 | 2007-07-12 09:54:00 | Electric Oil Column heater | Johnnz (7246) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 568451 | 2007-07-14 04:14:00 | The dummy load I got at a junk sale had transformer oil in it. I drained the heaters to replace it because I suspect the old transformer oil would have contained the nasty PCB. :( And you suspect the Chinese oil column heaters would not have PCB? Transformer oil used here in my lifetime has not been PCB based to the best of my knowledge, but imported switchgear or capacitors often were. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 568452 | 2007-07-14 04:25:00 | This is an old dummy load in a paint can. I vaguely rememebr that there was a flame test for PCB content. I forget what colour you got from the oil (on a copper dip wire) if PCB was present. I think a lot of NZ made fluorescent light ballasts were replaced because of PCB content. Philips/Beacon may have been naughty. The Chinese wouldn't be like that. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 568453 | 2007-07-14 09:32:00 | The colur was green from memory, though being colour blind it was no help to me. Try drinking some, we will monitor your posts in the future, and draw our own conclusions? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 568454 | 2007-07-15 03:56:00 | Indeed, green it is. I found another test: PCB oil is denser than water; mineral oils are lighter, so the bad stuff sinks. I don't think I'll try drinking it; I don't overheat anyway. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 568455 | 2007-07-23 17:15:00 | Hi: I have an 11 elements oil filled electric heater that. The last summer it lost about 50 cc of oil through the lower o ring. I want to put it in service, but a dont know what kind of oil i must to use to refill the heater. |
HFM (12546) | ||
| 568456 | 2007-07-24 01:42:00 | Welcome to PressF1 . I don't know where you could buy it in La Paz . I don't know where I could buy it in NZ, either ;) For a quantity like 50 ml, my approach would be to carry a small plastic bottle, and watch out for a truck parked by an electricity substation . The workers might manage (uniofficially) to find a small amount of transformer oil for you . ;) But a heater should not lose oil . Ever . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 568457 | 2009-03-20 11:13:00 | hi, this might sound dumb but i was wondering how the wheels go on. i have a basix 5 fin oil column heater and cannot see how they go on & stay on. thanks! | sjalley (12547) | ||
| 568458 | 2009-03-21 01:38:00 | Does the heater come with a manual? The wheels are usually attached to brackets that afix to the bottom of the heater. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 568459 | 2009-03-21 17:13:00 | Gadfry! How big are these oil-bath heaters? If they require wheels, where is the trailer hitch? With what do you tow them? And if they're that big, please have everyone in Upsidedown Land turn theirs on in alternating zones and on a timetable. We don't want our lights dimming from youse guys sucking all the electrons outta the universe when we need to use our tellies and air conditioners. Maybe it's just a generational thing. I MY day our briefcases and suitcases didn't have wheels either - we had to carry them the old-fashioned way! Ah! The young! :( |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 568460 | 2009-03-22 02:43:00 | Sorrycant help with temps etc. But I have large lounge in a rented house to heat and it is b cold as its so large and has no curtains and open to other rooms etc. I got an oil column heater (a big one) and it is great, once it gets going (with a bit of help from a separate fan heater first) it then keeps my lounge just comfortable. And a lot less power bill too. |
Digby (677) | ||
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