Why doesn't this explode? High voltage transormer insulation basics explained simply

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Just a quick explanation on the basics of a nitrogen blanketed high voltage power transformer insulation.

[@Elmasryq]

Damn this was way more informative than expected. You explain it very well!

[@reusefull]

@@Elmasryq Thank you!

[@ManofCulture]

it make sense

[@cormacsmall9442]

Learned something interesting without having to watch a 20 minute video full of shouting and memes and stuff.
Thanks!

[@reusefull]

@@cormacsmall9442 Glad you like the format 👍

[@soulsbreaker]

These CAN explode, very bad things need to happen for it to happen. Nuclear explosion in higher atomsphere EMP kind of bad

[@reusefull]

@soulsbreaker I've seen a couple of videos of them failing... all of these have a pretty high level of protection so that if something starts to fail, the power is cut before it gets very bad. Most protection is designed to operate within a few cycles (well under a second), but once in a while, a chain of events allows catastrophic destruction to occur.

[@evanoshka]

Why not fill it up all the way and use oil expansion tank outside the transformer ? Something similar to a car coolant expansion tank

[@reusefull]

@@evanoshka great idea! They actually do that on a lot of units. It has pluses and minuses. They call the expansion tank a conservator. I plan on doing an explanation of that style at some point.

[@PackthatcameBack]

Switch the nitrogen bottle out for argon and then run like your life depended on it.

[@richardl6751]

Argon is inert.

[@PackthatcameBack]

@@richardl6751 It's also a very good electric conductor, which is why it's used a lot in welding.