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7-16-2010 – Gassing of Wind Farm Transformers

The number of wind farms, and consequently, the number of cabinet transformers used to step up the voltage from generation for transmission, is increasing very quickly in the U.S.  We have noticed that these units do not always gas in a way we would normally expect.  Units may exhibit what looks like an abnormal gassing pattern when there is nothing apparently abnormal with their operation… (Read more...)

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