A Load Tap Changer (LTC) failure can be catastrophic to the rest of the electric power system. SDMyers, a transfomer reliability company, estimates that about 40 percent of LTC-equipped transformer ...

Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) is one of the most trusted diagnostic tools for assessing the internal condition of a ...

An internal fault can be violent enough to blow the lid off a transformer. Catastrophic failure of an overhead transformer is a rare occurrence, but it does happen. Electrical systems are designed so ...

A series of transformer failures in south Breckenridge has sporadic blackouts rolling through the town this evening. Issues started sometime before 6 p.m. when a transformer failure on the corner of ...

Evidence reveals how to avoid transformers that wind up dying well before their time. Spoiler alert: There’s no substitute for quality. Evidence reveals how to avoid transformers that wind up dying ...

Breckenridge’s emergency services had their hands full on Thursday evening after a series of equipment failures in transformers spurred sporadic power failures throughout the town, along with two ...

Case study examines a common PV inverter failure that can drive uncommon issues in the field — namely, damage to the AC protection equipment from DC fault currents for short periods during transformer ...

A transformer failure on Chicago's Northwest Side caused several thousand residents to lose power overnight as temperatures struggled to dip below 80 degrees. The outage happened in the city's Belmont ...