RE: DTE oil which one
I was also confused as to which DTE oil to use so I did some reasearch. Mobile uses the DTE label on a whole series ofoils. Also they use the terms Lite, Medium, and Heavy to indicate viscosity across their family of oils. I have looked through Mobile's spec sheets and information on their website and have come to the following conclusions:
For our turbineswe should not be usingDTE24 Hydraulic Oil. This isintended to be used inhydraulic systemsand equipment.
We should be using DTE Machine Oil, ISOGrade 32, SAE Grade 10. This is machine oil intended for lubrication. I've also seen this refered to as circulating oil. In their literature they mention stationary turbines as one potential application.That's thereason somestarted using this version of DTELite in their models.
Due to the confusion I'm sure that a lotof guys have usedhydraulic oil in their turbines. It may work fine but the machine oil is much better suited for our purpose.
Joe