Electric apparatus
AssigneeABB AB
InventorsDan Millner, Juha Tuomola, Juha Hamari
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an electric apparatus including an electric device which, during use, generates heat, and a housing enclosing the electric device from the surrounding environment. In order to avoid problems caused by water, the electric apparatus including a receptacle for containing a desiccant. The receptacle has an opening allowing gas to flow between an interior of the receptacle and an interior of the housing in order for the desiccant to come into contact with moisture in the housing, and the receptacle is thermally connected to the electric device for transferring heat from the electric device to the desiccant for removing moisture from the desiccant.
Claims10
An electric apparatus, comprising:
- an electric device which, during use, generates heat;
- a housing enclosing the electric device from a surrounding environment for preventing dirt, air and water from entering the housing;
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- a receptacle containing a desiccant in the housing, the receptacle having an opening for allowing gas to flow between an interior of the receptacle and an interior of the housing in order for the desiccant to come into contact with moisture in the housing;
- wherein the receptacle is thermally connected to the electric device for transferring heat from the electric device to the desiccant for removing moisture from the desiccant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.