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Oil leaking out of pole transformer butterpecan 06-29-2005
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Posted by on June 29, 2005, 5:45 am
>There is probably transformer oil leaking from the transformer that
>supplies electricity to your house. It's running thru the wires and
>leaking out. Call the power company and bitch like hell till they
>replace the goddamn thing.

This explains the oil leaking out of some of my outlets. The ones
lowest to the floor leak the most oil. I thought the power company
put oil in the lines on purpose to help lubricate motors and stuff.

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Posted by RBM on June 29, 2005, 7:02 am
How Moronic!!! oil in the wires to lubricate motors. Where do you come up
with this garbage, everyone knows the oil is to make the electricity run
smoother
> >There is probably transformer oil leaking from the transformer that
>>supplies electricity to your house. It's running thru the wires and
>>leaking out. Call the power company and bitch like hell till they
>>replace the goddamn thing.
>
> This explains the oil leaking out of some of my outlets. The ones
> lowest to the floor leak the most oil. I thought the power company
> put oil in the lines on purpose to help lubricate motors and stuff.



Posted by Joseph Meehan on June 29, 2005, 9:17 am
RBM wrote:
> How Moronic!!! oil in the wires to lubricate motors. Where do you
> come up with this garbage, everyone knows the oil is to make the
> electricity run smoother

Yea, but with the new synthetic oils it can also help with the motors.

Got to watch the old stuff however. If it leaks out the EPA will be
after you.


>> >There is probably transformer oil leaking from the transformer that
>>>supplies electricity to your house. It's running thru the wires and
>>>leaking out. Call the power company and bitch like hell till they
>>>replace the goddamn thing.
>>
>> This explains the oil leaking out of some of my outlets. The ones
>> lowest to the floor leak the most oil. I thought the power company
>> put oil in the lines on purpose to help lubricate motors and stuff.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit



Posted by PaPaPeng on June 29, 2005, 1:43 pm
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 07:02:18 -0400, "RBM" <rbm2(remove
this)@optonline.net> wrote:

>How Moronic!!! oil in the wires to lubricate motors. Where do you come up
>with this garbage, everyone knows the oil is to make the electricity run
>smoother


That's a good one. I'll use it some day.

Seriously a transformer does not have any moving parts that need
lubrication. The oil is for cooling and the transformer is immersed
in oil. If the oil leak is significant the transformer can overheat
and maybe even burst into flames. A leak is a problem the elec util
company will be concerned about.

Posted by Harry on June 29, 2005, 2:01 pm
> Seriously a transformer does not have any moving parts that need
> lubrication. The oil is for cooling and the transformer is immersed
> in oil. If the oil leak is significant the transformer can overheat
> and maybe even burst into flames. A leak is a problem the elec util
> company will be concerned about.

I vaguely remember this oil in transformers as being a source of PCB's.
Can anyone shed light on that?

Harry

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