Transformer/Switchgear Corrosion

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goterps

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Has anyone experienced severe corrosion of bus bars and grounds of a switchgear or transformer? If so...could this be due to a faulty ground system?
 
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My experience with corrosion has been primarily due to air quality. I have found that equipment and wiring in structures with well-water and no water purification treatment have a high susceptability to corrosion, primary due to mineral content in the water tat is relaeased in the air as humidity. Especially sulfer. It turns eveything greenish-black.
 
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The ground side displays the most corrosion. I would post a picture...if I only knew how...

Anyway...the switchgear and transformer are 50 feet apart in different rooms. The only connection is through the cable conduit and ground system.
 
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Originally posted by goterps:
Anyway...the switchgear and transformer are 50 feet apart in different rooms. The only connection is through the cable conduit and ground system.
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could be there is something getting through the conduit? I was in one place where there was a noticable breeze coming through a large conduit into a control panel. the inside of the control panel smelled musty as the air coming in through the conduit was quite damp. I seem to recall suggesting a ventilation fan to bring dryer air into the control panel to remove the dampness. don't know iof the end user ever did it.
 
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