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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