Re: buying a pole pig

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Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Search the list archives on www.pupman.com for PCBs
and you'll find everything you want to know and then
some ;-)  It's an "old" topic.

$50 for a pig ain't bad.  3.5' tall sounds *real* big,
though.  There are some tall-'n'-slim pigs out there,
though.  I've got a 15kVA unit that's about 3' tall,
but I've also got a 25kVA unit that's scarcely 2'
tall, so you never know.  I'll put in my guess at *at
least* 25kVA, maybe 37.5 or 50.  Let us know! :-)

Hard to dynamically test a pig without some big juice.
 Checking continuity is a good idea, though.  The LV
windings ought to look almost like a short (less than
one ohm), but the high side will probably have a few
kOhms in it.

Also, no matter the kVA rating, if it's less than
7200V I'd leave it alone.

Regards,
Aaron, N7OE

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: Justin <rocketfuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi All,
>
> The opportunity to buy a pole pig just landed in my
> lap.
> This pig was in service recently and was taken down
> a couple of years
> ago when a new road went in.
>
> Do you all think there's any chance it would contain
> PCBs?
>
> I'm a bit wary of even messing with this sucker, but
> for $50 I can't
> pass it up...unless it's full of PCBs in which case
> it doesn't seem
> like a good idea.
>
>
> Anything else I should look for?  I'll bring a meter
> with me to test
> continuity, but if there's anything else I can try
> I'd appreciate any
> tips.  Not sure what the KVA rating it yet, but it's
> about 3.5 feet tall
> so I imagine it's "big".
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Justin
>
>
>