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Re: Transformer basics
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: Transformer basics
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From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 12:14:21 +1200
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Re insulation in transformers....
> pole pig, you will find the same thing, layer upon layer of wire, but each
> layer has a very heavy insulating paper layer between them. One might think
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> paper is not a good insulator, but the voltage difference between any two
> adjacent layers of wire is not very great, and the oil soaked paper works wel
> l.
Actually, I think the paper is really a spacer and oil is the real
insulator. Oil also excludes air from the windings which suppresses
corona.
Malcolm