Corrosion control is a primary factor in underground residential distribution (URD) equipment survival (1,2)*. Early corrosion failures of painted carbon steel URD transformer tanks clearly indicated the inadequacy of that material system for underground service. A currently adequate solution to the problem appears to have been achieved through the use of cathodic protection with improved organic coatings and either mild steel or 400 series ferritic stainless steel tanks.
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1972
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