Transformer Truths

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Transformer Truths takes you beyond the test results and into what’s really happening inside your transformer. Hosted by Ryan Tate and featuring experts from SDMyers, this series breaks down the questions, misconceptions, and often-overlooked factors that can make the difference between simply maintaining a transformer and truly understanding its health. From the different ways to assess a transformer and what happens to oil samples once they reach the lab, to making sense of diagnostic data and identifying issues that could be quietly shortening asset life, each episode turns complex transformer topics into practical conversations you can put to work.

Episodes

  1. Sep 29

    Why Your Transformer Could Be Aging Faster Than It Should

    Your transformer looks fine. So, it's aging at a normal rate — right? In this episode of Transformer Truths, host Ryan Tate sits down with Will Cooley of SDMyers to talk about the quiet problem that could be shortening the life of your transformer long before anything looks wrong: moisture. It's one of the leading causes of premature failure. And by the time it shows up in obvious ways, years of life may already be gone. Will explains where moisture actually comes from, how it does its damage, how you can catch it early, and what your options are for managing it. And with new transformer lead times now stretching past two years, protecting the assets you already own has never mattered more.

  2. Sep 22

    What Does Good Transformer Diagnostics Really Look Like?

    You have the reports, you have the data, so you have your diagnostics, right? In this episode of Transformer Truths, host Ryan Tate talks with Michael Weber, who is the Manager of Diagnostic Services at SDMyers, about the gap between having data and understanding it. Most teams today are drowning in numbers and dashboards, yet still can't answer the question that matters: what do we do next, and in what order? Michael breaks down what separates a pile of test results from a real diagnosis—how the right tests corroborate each other. If your team gets plenty of data but not enough clarity, this one is for you.

  3. Sep 15

    What Really Happens to Your Oil Testing Samples?

    The samples are pulled from the transformer, and a week or so later, a report comes back. But what actually happens in between? In this episode of Transformer Truths, host Ryan Tate goes behind the lab door with Rachel Nypaver, Lab Supervisor at SDMyers, for a look at what really happens to your oil sample. It turns out there's no single test that tells you everything—there's a whole battery of them, and each one sees something the others don’t. Rachel walks through a day in the life of the lab and explains a few of the key tests in plain terms. Along the way, she reveals something most people never think about: the quality of the sample itself shapes everything the lab can tell you. A rare, human look inside the work behind every oil test report.

  4. Sep 8

    Four Ways to Look at a Transformer (and What Each One Can Miss)

    Your team ran your annual oil test—and it looks like everything came back fine. So, you're covered, right? Not necessarily. In this episode of Transformer Truths, host Ryan Tate sits down with Kyle Johannes, who helps lead Field Inspection Services at SDMyers, to explore where most maintenance programs fall short: an annual oil sample might only be part of the story. It's a candid, practical conversation about the four ways to look at a transformer—what each method sees, what it misses, and how to move from checking boxes to truly understanding the health of the asset you can't afford to lose.

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Transformer Truths takes you beyond the test results and into what’s really happening inside your transformer. Hosted by Ryan Tate and featuring experts from SDMyers, this series breaks down the questions, misconceptions, and often-overlooked factors that can make the difference between simply maintaining a transformer and truly understanding its health. From the different ways to assess a transformer and what happens to oil samples once they reach the lab, to making sense of diagnostic data and identifying issues that could be quietly shortening asset life, each episode turns complex transformer topics into practical conversations you can put to work.

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  • Creator
    MOBIUS CONNECT
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026
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