transformer

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The industry is also scrambling for labor: transformer manufacturing is skilled and labor intensive, with apprenticeship programs that can take nine to 12 months.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

He said he was trying to block Edison’s crew from burying a large transformer between two towering deodar cedar trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

On a recent day, a group of emergency energy engineers gathered at a transformer substation to carry out repairs after residents turned on all their equipment at once when power was restored, overloading the system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Authorities in Mexico said on Saturday that a faulty electric transformer may have caused an explosion that killed at least 23 people in a supermarket.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

They had even installed a switch salvaged off an old electric-train transformer.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam