One of these is not like the others

By David Dahle; posted December 16, 2023

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A pair of paralleled transformer banks in a substation to get 1MVA capacity. Unfortunately, it seems one of the six otherwise identical transformers appears to have PCB oil! The coop ended up swapping all six transformers for a modern single 1MVA unit. Hopefully the other five were simply sent off to be overhauled (despite the units very likely dating to WWII if not earlier).

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