freeze-dryer vacuum pump alternative oil

[zillah]

Dear folk

I have got my vacuum pump for a freeze-dryer that uses oil No 16 and I know it is preferable to use manufacturer designed oil.

Just a wonder if there is an alternative replacement when a supplier wouldn't have stock ?

Regards

 

[Artisi]

Ask the manufacturer.

It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)

 

[zillah]

Yes I will try to find out from the manufacture

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