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

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Original poster: Mike Poulton <mpoulton-at-mtptech-dot-com> 

Tesla list Wrote:
 > Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes-at-silicon-arcana-dot-com>

 > 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).

Sounds like silica gel dessicant.  Perhaps it was included in large
quantity to absorb any water that might condense in the transformer?

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Mike Poulton
MTP Technologies
mpoulton-at-mtptech-dot-com
KC0LLX (70cm AM ATV, 33cm/12cm FM ATV, Omaha, NE)