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<blockquote data-quote="Tony S" data-source="post: 397876" data-attributes="member: 20864"><p>[SIZE=medium]<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Not when it’s in the back of your mind, “I’ve got to make this off again and I’m going to get filthy”. You can never clean every last bit out.</span>[/SIZE]</p><p></p><p>[SIZE=medium]<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">We had a transformer 3.3KV box with the bushings weeping oil. Usual trick, ignore it and keep toping the conservator up. Eventually something had to be done. It was getting to be a bit of an environmental disaster area.</span>[/SIZE]</p><p></p><p>[SIZE=medium]<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">A subsidiary of the DNO did the repair, new bushing and tank gaskets so the top and conservator had to come off. With the top off we found the tap changer had been burning up. That was a quick fix, take it out, short it out. (How often are they ever changed?)</span>[/SIZE]</p><p></p><p>[SIZE=medium]<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">When it came to refilling the box they used a cold pour gel. I’ll look for the name of it for you, it’s a bit safer than standing on top of the tank with buckets of Trinidite. I’ve used it since but can’t remember the name.</span>[/SIZE]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[SIZE=medium]<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Do you know anything about MV cable jointing?</span>[/SIZE]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony S, post: 397876, member: 20864"] [SIZE=medium][FONT='times new roman']Not when it’s in the back of your mind, “I’ve got to make this off again and I’m going to get filthy”. You can never clean every last bit out.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=medium][FONT='times new roman']We had a transformer 3.3KV box with the bushings weeping oil. Usual trick, ignore it and keep toping the conservator up. Eventually something had to be done. It was getting to be a bit of an environmental disaster area.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=medium][FONT='times new roman']A subsidiary of the DNO did the repair, new bushing and tank gaskets so the top and conservator had to come off. With the top off we found the tap changer had been burning up. That was a quick fix, take it out, short it out. (How often are they ever changed?)[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=medium][FONT='times new roman']When it came to refilling the box they used a cold pour gel. I’ll look for the name of it for you, it’s a bit safer than standing on top of the tank with buckets of Trinidite. I’ve used it since but can’t remember the name.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=medium][FONT='times new roman']Do you know anything about MV cable jointing?[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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