I'd be a little careful with the "oil letting". The older transformer's oil was
very high in PCB's and pretty carcinogenic.
- Tony
WEmery7451@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/21/00 6:01:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> dbrackin@charter.net writes:
>
> << I remember working on my first car. Everything that came off the car had
> to
> be torn down to the last nut just to see how it worked. Same for the coil.
> It had a carbon rod down the center, a black powder cake substance filled
> the tin container. Not much to look after all that work hacking it open.
> Never have had much interest in opening another. One of those "been
> there...blah, blah, blah," things.
> >>
> You presented an entirely different slant to our high school science class.
> A few people have informed me that there is oil inside car ignition coils. I
> was going to whack an old coil with a hatchet tomorrow to find out. Maybe
> our Englatistical friends put oil in their auto coils, since one of Susan's
> autos had a leak.
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