How Is a Transformer Cooling System Maintained?
Quick answer — Maintain the cooling system by cleaning the radiators and coolers (blocked fin/airways reduce cooling), checking and greasing the fans and their motors, ensuring the oil pumps run and the oil flows, and verifying the temperature control, thermostats and, for OFAF, the oil and air flow. A dirty or failed cooling system rapidly reduces the rating and risks overheating.
How is a transformer cooling system maintained?
Clean the heat exchangers
Radiators and coolers must be kept free of dirt, leaves and blockage so air flows freely; a blocked radiator drastically cuts the cooling.
Check fans and pumps
Inspect and lubricate the fans and motors, check the fan and pump operation (and the direction of rotation), and verify the oil level and flow for OFAF/ODAF units.
Verify control and thermal
Check the thermostats and the temperature control, confirm the cooling stages switch on correctly, and test that a loss-of-auxiliaries condition is detected and the rating is downgraded safely.
References & standards
- IEC 60076-2
- IEC 60076-7
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