ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
At 12:11 PM 3/22/2006, Larry Carman wrote:
>Wouldn't the insulation between windings eventually saturate with the oil
>thus allowing better heat transfer from deep inside?
>
>Larry N5BIP
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
Good quality transformers are already impregnated with varnish, so
the oil would not penetrate. The varnish does help to conduct heat
out, but since it does not move like coolant in a radiator, the
effect is small.
Bill, W6WRT
_______________________________________________
Amps mailing list
Amps@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
|