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To: Silicon Cowboy

Oil-filled power transformers, probably - another casualty of the rabid anti-cancer movement that caused the elimination of non-flammable PCB coolants for transformers.


43 posted on 11/20/2006 12:31:44 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer

Also, sticking power cables underground where heat dissipation becomes a serious problem in anything bigger than a 115 kv line, and even those are susceptible.


48 posted on 11/20/2006 12:41:35 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance (<h2>SAY NO TO RUDY! I know how to spell, I just type like s#it.)
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