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Re: pole transformer
Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
At 09:31 AM 12/21/2005, Tesla list wrote:
Original poster: "The Engine Centre" <jetmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi All,
This may sound crazy, but im looking to buy a pole pig in the US and
ship it to Australia, im strugling to buy one down here, at the
right price, ive even chased SWER line transformers, i beleive there
are also dry types of pole transformers?
There are coilers in Australia who have bought distribution transformers.
What power rating are you looking for? There may be other ways to
get the power you want, at a reasonable price.
I find it hard to believe that there aren't transformer manufacturers
in Australia who could make what you want for less than it would cost
to buy and ship a transformer from the US. (but, then again, you
never know... stranger things have happened)
e.g. http://www.amptec.com.au/ in NSW and Qld.
Indeed, the pictures of the used transformers for sale are a bit on
the big side (200kVA), but they also DO sell smaller ones.
http://www.tyree.com.au/company/transformers.html
ABB and Cooper also do transformers in Australia.
If any one has any for sale please contact me off list, so i can get
dimensions weight ect, and check shipping customs cost etc.
Clearly, the "optimum" solution as far as shipping a pole transformer
would be to ship just the transformer, without the can and the
oil. Still going to be heavy (100kg?), but perhaps, not all that
expensive if shipped by boat.
If you were to get shipping costs for a 55 gallon drum, you wouldn't
be far off. You could fit the usual 10-15 kVA pig in a drum, and for
freight on a boat, the cost is usually determined more by volume than
weight.(The Tyree transformer page gives 140 kg for a 10 kVA 22kV
unit, 57 cm in diameter, 80 cm high)
Used transformers in the US run in the $100-300 range, depending on
condition, size, location, etc.
You might also look for plate transformers. They turn up
occasionally as tube type transmitters are replaced by solid state.