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RE: ~ A Day With A Lineman #29 ~ Gettin’ Trashed at the City Dump ~
It may be that many of those experiences that at this point in your career you already consider common may seem trivial, perhaps even boring, but for someone who does not specialize in that area, they are very interesting and instructive; where else could I learn that a transformer has oil inside it !? (Now I just need to know what is a transformer :D)
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It transforms or steps up/down the voltage. No moving parts. The oil is an insulator inside the transformer or else it would just blow up due to its metal case. That transformer converts 14,400 volts down to 120/240 volts. 240 volts is measured from one hot wire to the other and 120 volts is from any hot wire to ground.
Your first lesson.
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Electricity is totally fascinating!!
hahaha thank you for that. You just won a new follower (and possibly a student?). I will follow your publications closely.
Look up helicopter lineman. It’s pretty awesome.