Electrical Equipment for Tropical and Cold Climates

• Main Author: Maslov, Vsevolod Vasilevich
• Other Authors: ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Electrical and Electronic Equipment; *ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS; TROPICAL REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; PROTECTIVE TREATMENTS; PROTECTIVE COVERINGS; ELECTRICAL INSULATION; USSR; TRANSLATIONS; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0764393; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0764393

Climate factors affecting electrical equipment are characterized for the cold, tropical dry, tropical wet, and tropical marine climates. Categories of electrical equipment are described in design modifications required to function satisfactorily in these climates. Tests and selection of materials and protective coatings for climatized electrical equipment are outlined. (Author) Trans. of mono. Elektrooborudovanie dlya Tropicheskogo i Kholodnogo Klimata, Moscow, 1971 176p.