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FOW


An ANSI cooling class designation indicating forced oil water cooling using a separate water loop in the oil to take the heat to a remote heat exchanger. Typically used where air cooling is difficult [..]
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Moisture-resistant


Constructed or treated so as to reduce harm by exposure to a moist atmosphere.
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Polarity Test


A standard test performed on transformers to determine instantaneous direction of the voltages in the primary compared to the secondary (see Transformer Tests
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AA


An Ansi (American National Standard Institute) cooling class designation indicating open, natural-draft ventilated transformer construction, usually for dry-type transformers.
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ambient temperature


The temperature of the surrounding atmosphere into which the heat of the transformer is dissipated.
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ampere


unit of current flow.
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ANSI


An organization that provides written standards on transformer [6OOv and below (ANSI C89.1), 601~ and above (ANSI C57.12)
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Autotransformer


A transformer in which part of the winding is common to both the primary and the secondary circuits.
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BIL


Basic Impulse Level
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