[Amps] RE : MW Oven Transformer question

[Bill Turner]

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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

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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