Does oil conduct electricity?

**dan288** · 13th March 2006

Yes or no? google was too long winded and im tired.

Good old DFs!

**TwoPlAnKs** · 13th March 2006

vegetable oil doesnt becauase folk dump PCs in it to cool them

i dont think car style oil would either but i could be wrong

**whatnow** · 13th March 2006

some guy built a pc in a massive vat of oil so based on that i'd say no.but that was veggy/olive oil so...

edit: humm i'm on the save wavelength as twoplanks eh?

**Stinky Pete** · 13th March 2006

Wow - Something know about

Oil is not a conductor of electricity, it doesn't contain charged particles.
Crude oil is used to make plastics, so you could consider it to be liquid plastic, and plastic definitely doesn't conduct.

Hope this helps - but why do you need to know this?

Pete

**Shambles** · 13th March 2006

Nice sig dan. Funny, accurate and enjoyable. Oh and massive too

Not a clue about the oil tho

**maltloaf** · 13th March 2006

lots of high voltage switches are oil filled as it makes a great insulator and naturally supresses arcing when the contacts are made.

**/dev/null** · 13th March 2006

Originally Posted by Stinky Pete

Wow - Something know about

Oil is not a conductor of electricity, it doesn't contain charged particles.
Crude oil is used to make plastics, so you could consider it to be liquid plastic, and plastic definitely doesn't conduct.

Hope this helps - but why do you need to know this?

Pete

considered as liquid plastic? It's also used to make petrol and methane gas... etc