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

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


Yeah, been meaning to get a good wet/dry vac.  Maybe
now's the time :)

I'm pretty sure it's not kitty litter, at least not
the common clay variety.  Looks more likely to be
silica.  It's all fairly large brittle stuff (again,
looks like aquarium gravel).

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > 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
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >