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Re: Secondary Internal Gaseous Insulation (fwd)



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Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:11:38 -0500
From: Harold Weiss <hweiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Secondary Internal Gaseous Insulation (fwd)

Hi Chris,

Most of the time it's not much of a problem.  The biggest problem with SF6 
is that an arc will break it down to SF4 which is a really nasty superlethal 
byproduct.  Oil filled would be better and safer.

David E Weiss

> Hello,
>
> Has anyone ever tried preventing internal secondary arcing by filling
> the secondary with some sort of insulating gas, such as sulfur
> hexafluoride?  I think it would be fairly easy to do so, considering SF6
> would sink and could be sealed in the secondary with baffles.  I just
> can't find a good source for it.
>
> Chris