Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Transformer failure shuts-down power at 11,000 homes

A fired-out transformer put off 11,000 homes into darkness in Belgrade and Rome on Saturday morning. Central Maine Power Co. had intended a shorter time devoid of power while employees de-activated a power transformer, but the transformer caught fire, as per the news revealed by the company spokeswoman Gail Rice. "It ought to have been about a 5 hour outage, and it crooked into a 12 hour outage," she reported. "It was a very huge transformer ... We don't don't usually stock those bulky ones, so we had to move quickly to find one." Rice revealed that the company programmed the swap-out for midnight on Friday in order to boast the new transformer in place prior to daylight Saturday.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

MTL launches the new aura of transformers

MTL announced two new IS isolator along with the backplane fixed MTL4500 and DIN-rail clamped on the MTL5500 variant. Both are surrounded by the principle on a single shell “One-Core” expertise that makes for the wide-ranging usage of mechanization in fabricate. This in turn ensures the quality at the highest grade and accessibility even as sustaining utmost flexibility provided at the low-end cost. Incorporating newly developed circuit design, a general set of constituents and pioneering transformer building, the new modules accomplish a noteworthy diminution in power that is consumed overall while escalating channel packing densities. With still further more loaded features like the Three-port isolation, low power debauchery and a quicker to install construction, all adds up to the zeal of the overall product.

Monday, April 21, 2008

5V MIL-STD-1553 Transformer designed with slighter Footprint

Beta Transformer Technology Corporation announced the al new MLP-2205 transformer variant that is designed with a compact 0.4” x 0.4” trail, 0.185”being the maximum height of a single channel transformer. A pair of ultra small MLP-2205 transformers can be utilized for twin channel purposes in turn capitulate an overall footprint, which is even smaller than industry available standard dual transformers. The device is obtainable in relative amounts similar in temperament with volt capacity of 3.3V, 5V, 12V and 15V transceivers. The header style blueprint catches up with all the obligations of the MIL-PRF-21038 condition. It functions over the chock-a-block Mil-temp series of -55°C to +130°C. Tape & reel wrapping is obtainable.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Smithfield Foods Experiences power outage - Culprit Faulty Transformer

A on the blink transformer knocked out power at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant around lunch time last Friday. Some workers were even sent back home, who were employed in the shift during the 3-hour outage, but with gallant efforts power was restored back by 3 p.m., in time for the 2nd shift to resume its work on time and with no effective back logs, reported Dennis Pittman, director of communications for Smithfield. Pittman said it is unclear whether, if any of the item for consumption inside was affected due to the 3 hour long power outage, but it's very much unlikely to hamper the storages within such a short outage.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Transformer burst reason for fire in BOSTON

A fire broke out at a high-rise building in Boston injuring 2 people and forced the evacuation in a entire section of the building. The incident occurred at noon on the 12th floor of One Beacon St., a 36-story building on Beacon Hill. Officials disclosed that a flash fire broke out in an electrical room. 2 men who work for the building's management systems company were in the room at the time of the fire and were heavily injured."There could have been a power heave. What were they doing near the crypt I mean there is a whole host of things," Boston Fire Department Deputy Chief Joseph Finn said. Hundreds of workers were vacated from the building, which is located right across the street from the Omni Parker House.
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