RE: PDT (Pig) failure modes

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Original poster: "Dave Hartwick by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ddhartwick-at-earthlink-dot-net>

I don't know if that applies in this case Ken. The core appears to be
pristine, but the oil's condition is a question.
Dave H



Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

what happens is the oil and paper insulation age and break down. With no
mechanical separators and insulation the transformer fails under
electromotive forces.

KEN

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Subject: RE: PDT (Pig) failure modes


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
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> Hi Dave,
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> We really "should" find the "cause" of the failure!  We live a thousand
> miles apart but I would be happy to pay the cost of wrapping and shipping
> the core if needed.  It is probably some stupid manufacturing defect but
> what the heck....
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> If you don't want to rip the thing to shreads, "I" do :o)))))))  I know it
> is a big mess but maybe we can get something going...  We need to see if
we
> can dig into this failure more if possible...
>
> Cheers,
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> Terry
> terrellf-at-qwest-dot-net
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