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Maintenance of Transformer - Notes
Maintenance of Transformer - Notes
A power transformer is most costly and essential equipment of an electrical transformer. So for
getting high performance and long functional life of the transformer, it is desired to perform
various maintenance activities. Not only that, a power transformer also requires various
maintenance actions including measurement and testing of different parameters of the
transformer. There are mainly two types of maintenance of transformer. We perform one group
is in routine basis, and second group is as when required.
That means for getting smooth performance from a transformer we have to perform some
maintenance actions in regular basis.
Some other type of maintenance of transformer we perform as when they are required. But if one
performs regular maintenance properly, he may not have any provision of performing emergency
maintenance. The regular checking and maintenance of transformer is also known as condition
maintenance. Hence by proper condition maintenance one can avoid emergency and breakdown
maintenance. That is why one technical personnel should mainly concentrate on condition
maintenance. As 100% condition maintenance causes 0% breakdown of an equipment. There are
many different maintenance action, to be performed on a power transformer. Some of them in
yearly basis, some of them are monthly basis, some other are quarterly, some are half-yearly
basis. These are mainly transformer maintenance action, which to be performed in 3 to 4 years
interval.