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Hi Brian & Emile,
The Shellsol D60 is water clear. Not sure how
environmentally friendly it is
but I'm trying hard to keep the two of them apart.
It's a combination of paraphins &
naphthenes-- petroleum bi-products.
Emile, I couldn't find any data on the viscosity of
WD40 but did a flow test on it last week & found it
more viscous than water. Shellsol D60 has a
viscosity of 1.57 (ASTM D445) so is probably thinner than
WD40. Also it's manufactured in the Netherlands, so
must be good stuff.
I've only run it in small DC motors to
date.
Regards Alan
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Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:16
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Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] motor
compensating fluid
Alan
the shelsol D60 is this a clear white fluid or is it tinged darker than
clear I have some lights that came in with a shell oil product in them but its
not as clear as mineral oil and is it environmentally
friendly??
Brian V.
Ryder
brian@subatlantic.com
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[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Alan
James
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 4:00 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] motor
compensating fluid
I'm mainly after a
fluid I can run the small DC motors inside my actuators
in.
They don't work
well in more viscous fluids, however larger motors
may.
I think Frank has
gone away from compensating actuators.
I'm simultaneously
soaking various plastics in the Shelsol D60 &
WD40.
The WD40 was
failing the test after an hour as the clear plastic container I
had
it in started to go
white, also polystyrene soaking in it went soggy.
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Message -----
Sent: Wednesday,
October 06, 2010 6:28 PM
Subject: Re:
[PSUBS-MAILIST] motor compensating fluid
Please keep us informed on the results of your
test.
Jon
On 10/6/2010 1:18 AM, Alan James wrote:
You posted a
question regarding a thin fluid for compensating your rov
motors.
I just picked up
a sample of Shellsol D60 yesterday.
It's clear,
doesn't smell, has a higher flash point than WD40 & is low in aromatics
so is less destructive
to plastics than
WD40 & is close to water in viscosity. I've just run a small DC actuator
motor in it & it goes fine.
Am soaking a
number of plastics in it to see how it scores on that front over
time.
Has anyone else
used this?
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