Motors and transformers are some of the most reliable pieces of equipment installed at power plants. However, inadequate maintenance can result in trouble. While regular testing and skilled evaluation ...

This article was updated Feb. 27, 2023. It was originally published Aug. 9, 2018. When a transformer fails, especially newer ones, the cost of damages can far exceed the simple replacement cost. The ...

Ephrata got an unexpected show last night, after a transformer failed at a downtown substation. After a burst of light, thousands of Grant County residents of Ephrata, Soap Lake and Quincy were left ...

Initially between 501 and 2,000 people in the Easton area were without power and 500 or fewer people were out in the reports on its website. By 6:35 this evening, fewer than 501 remained without power ...

Underground electrical transformers such as the one that exploded Friday in San Francisco typically fail because they are old, overloaded or haven't been inspected lately, experts said. Blown ...

Nearly 8,000 American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma customers were in the dark after a substation transformer failed Sunday afternoon in the Southern Hills area.

Everyone knows that Thomas Alva Edison invented the lightbulb; but who invented the transformer - perhaps the most important electrical machine ever developed? The ZBD model alternating-current ...

Obtaining real-time operating data on power plant and substation equipment has never been easier. The sensors, transmitters, and systems needed to monitor important parameters are readily available ...

Keywords: Earthquake engineering, seismic isolation, power transformers, risk assessment, probabilistic analysis, ground motion intensity measures, spectral shape, near-field motions Abstract: This ...

Sylvania, OH The failure caused fumes and fluid to leak. The surgical area was evacuated as a precaution and nine surgeries scheduled for Thursday were cancelled. No one was hurt in the incident.

BONAIRE -- Fire continued to pour from a failed Flint Energies transformer even after U.S. Air Force firefighters put 3,000 gallons of suppressive foam on the site, part of an electrical substation ...

PITCAIRN (KDKA) - In the midst of frigid temperatures and subzero wind chills, thousands of customers lost power early Thursday morning in Pitcairn. Three transformers blew at the intersection of ...