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