RE: transformers in oil?

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



Well mostly because oil is a superior dielectric over air and has a much
higher stand-off.
Also, unless you have some sort of heat exchanger (whether it be oil pumped
through fins for air cooling like in large
transformers etc...) or you have a liquid water exchange (through internal
piping), oil isn't really going to dissipate the
heat much inside the enclosure.

The Captain




you can actually put the transformer directly in oil??? what kind-of
container does it have to be in?

i have never seen anyone do this. i guess, that the purpose is to keep it
from over heating?


james brady - va