Water Washing Transformers

Roughly half of all non hermetically sealed transformers in the industry are water-washed during the PCB cleaning process and the other half are washed with an alcohol based cleaner. Of the ones washed in water it is quite rare for any of them to exhibit problems during their life cycle. However in some case transformers in the industry have exhibited shorted turns and opens later in the life cycle which can be attributed to the water was process.

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