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

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


Yeah...  arg!  I'll probably have to rig some kind of
hoist to remove the transformer from the can so I can
clean it out.  Okay or not, it'll bug me knowing it's
in there.  Guess my project for tonight will be
figuring out how to get some rope around the
transformer.  I wasn't looking at it with that goal
last night, but all the same, I'm don't remember
seeing any obvious way to do it, either :(

 > Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi Aaron,
 >
 > I'll bet that it's silica gel to keep humidity out
 > of the windings.  I'm
 > surprized that it is loose and not in a packet or
 > canister.
 >
 > David E Weiss
 >
 >  > 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
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >