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

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Original poster: "Christopher 'CajunCoiler' Mayeux" <cajuncoiler-at-cox-dot-net> 


Or, it could be common "kitty litter".  Back in school, we
had some inside just about every old pig were storing,
and UNDER every one we were using.  Spiffy stuff, really...
once all the old oil was absorbed, we'd just suck it up
with the shop vac... that shop vac was a sight to behold
as well... we re-mounted a wet-dry vac motor on a packing
barrel.... talk about capacity. :)


 > -----Original Message-----
 > If it was shipped empty, I'm guessing those are water-absorbing pellets
 > (some sillicon compound), to keep air moisture from mixing with
 > the residual
 > oil.
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 8:02 AM
 > Subject: "aquarium gravel" in pole pig? :\
 >
 >
 >  > 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
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >
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