Re: "aquarium gravel" in pole pig? :\

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Original poster: "Arpit Thomas" <neko4-at-dodo-dot-com.au> 

could be silica gel to absorb water.

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On 10/02/2004 at 6:02 AM Tesla list wrote:

 >Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes-at-silicon-arcana-dot-com>
 >
 >Got a couple new [to me] pole pigs the other day.
 >15kVA -at- 14.4kV.  One's a Westinghouse, the other an
 >RTE.  Both are presently empty of oil.  I popped the
 >lid on the RTE today, and I see what looks like white
 >aquarium gravel in the bottom of the can and some on
 >the top of the transformer (I know that's not actually
 >what it is, of course).  Anybody have any idea what it
 >is?  Both units were certified working by the utility
 >I purchased them from, and I've called my contact
 >there to inquire but haven't heard back yet.  Looks
 >like it would be a real pain to pull the transformer
 >out and dust it off...thoughts?  Other than that, no
 >apparent problems.  Statically tests ok, but I'm not
 >throwing any voltage at it until I've added oil, of
 >course.
 >
 >Regards,
 >Aaron