Electric Transformers Blog

Power Transformers and Blackouts

nicolet — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:45:39 +0000

In today’s world, electricity is everything. Can you imagine a day without power for your lights, refrigerator, television, radio, computer and to keep your trusted cell phone charged. For this economy, power is everything. Without it we would have

Saving Devices, Low Voltage Transformers

nicolet — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:27:51 +0000

I can’t tell you how severely annoyed I get upon blowing a fuse. All of a sudden my blow dryer goes dead, and I panic thinking I need a new one, just to find out to much energy was being used at once, and the fuse couldn’t handle it. Electricity

Current Transformers to Monitor the Dinosaurs

nicolet — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:37:08 +0000

Electrical currents can be quite hazardous to humans. If you are a movie lover, you probably recall the scene in Jurassic Park where the little boy, Tim, gets blasted off the electric fence they had to climb over. In the movie, the fences were used t

Autotransformers vs the Autobots

nicolet — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:24:07 +0000

Photo Courtesy of: Johnson Electric Coil Company

I still can’t read the word ‘autotransformer’ without thinking of the Autobots and Transformers. While I never read the comics, or watched the TV shows, I was

The Donut Transformers, Toroidal Transformers

nicolet — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:19:24 +0000

Image Courtesy of: Pacific Transformer Corporation

While it may look like, and be in the shape of a donut, trust me, you don’t want to go eating this. While toroidal transformers may have many uses, being eaten i

3 Phase Transformer, Autobots Transform.

nicolet — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:14:59 +0000

Photo Courtesy of Lenco Electronics, Inc.

Phase one, car. Phase two, robot. Phase three, transformer… It is hard not to stay in a transformer mindset when the movies and the s

Powering Microwaves in France, Step Down Transformers

nicolet — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:09:10 +0000

Microwaves are found in nearly every household in America. Even my Grandma, who loves making meals from scratch, often uses it for quick meals or to soften up potatoes. Yet, in some places such as Europe and Russia, microwaves aren’t so popular. In

Frankenstein and High Voltage Transformers

nicolet — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:06:24 +0000

Despite my constant use of technology, when I hear ‘voltage’ I constantly revert back to the stories of Frankenstein. I loved the book, and the many movies that depicted the tragic tale of Frankenstein’s monster. A creature given life by having

Can’t You Feel the Heartbeat? Pulse Transformers.

nicolet — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:03:04 +0000

Discovering a pulse to most is finding heartbeat of a person by using your fingertips. The pulse is actually the arterial palpation that can be felt when it is pressed against a bone. Easy places to locate a person’s pulse are the neck, wrist, insi

Alone Again, and Isolation Transformers

nicolet — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:59:01 +0000

Isolation in most cases isn’t a place you want to end up in. Separated from everyone and everything, when in the situation too long, many find themselves going crazy. While being around people can get annoying or frustrating at times, as social cre