What is the use of breather in the transformer?

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Breather is a bottle shaped steel tube, which is attached to one side of conservator to allow the air to pass in and out of the tank or conservator through the calcium chloride and silica gel, which is filled in it to absorb the moisture contained in the air. When the silica gel absorb the moisture its colour changes from blue to pink.

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