RE: poly pig

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Original poster: "Paul Marshall" <klugmann-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

If you are just looking for something solid instead of oil, re-pot the pigs 
core in a smaller container and add paraffin to the oil. The two are 
missable and after awhile the oil will gel. Continue to add the paraffin 
and it will solidify. It won't ever become hard but it won't leak out or 
spill if it is tipped over.



Paul S. Marshall





>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: poly pig
>Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:47:04 -0600
>
>Original poster: "steve" <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com>
>
>Has anyone ever tried to encase a pig transformer in a polymer? I was
>thinking about draining the oil and replacing it with a solvent to clean all
>traces of the oil from the transformer. Next I could remove the transformer
>and make a sheet metal form that fits with about an inch clearance all
>around it. Then I could place it in the empty can, fill the form with the
>polymer, and use the can for a vacuum canister to thoroughly impregnate the
>windings. Let is set, remove the form, and I would be left with a lighter,
>smaller, protected HV source. Anyone know of any reason this wouldn't work?
>What kind of polymer Should be used?
>
>Steve Vance
>