Experts reveal: flushing transformer with electricity

    A newspaper once published an image of a transformer being flushed with electricity by employees of a Luzhou Power Supply Company, which attracted the attention of readers. Many netizens posted on the Internet, expressing their curiosity about the flushing of a transformer with electricity by water. Subsequently, a number of web users retweeted the image, and the image announced the "popularization of science" sound. Then, the power supply workers with water flushing live transformer why not electric shock? Experts explained that flushing live transformers with water is a professional work of the power system. In summer high temperature, in order to prevent transformer from burning down, it is necessary to cool down the transformer. If the method of power cut to the transformer for flushing cooling, will affect the normal use of electricity, so the need for live flushing. But live flushing transformer is not anyone can do, nor any equipment can be water flushing cooling. The requirement of flushing live transformer with water is very high, in addition to the professional skills required of the staff, the staff must wear insulating gloves, insulating boots and other professional protective equipment during the flushing process. Moreover the staff only carries on the flushing to the transformer radiator, is not flushes the transformer live some. Experts suggest that the erosion of live transformer is very dangerous, the public should not follow suit.