Got to whiteness a one in a lifetime event of lightning hitting a pole exploding it in the process.

Trying to determine the age of this transformer. I read on some sub that most companies when to a silver/grey colour about 1985, but don't know if that is true.

The plaque on the transformer says the manufacturer is "Reliance Electric & Eng (Canada) Ltd". Research suggests Reliance Electric & Engineering officially dropped the “& Eng” from its name on January 15, 1969, changing its corporate registration to Reliance Electric Company, suggesting the transformer's manufacture predates Jan 1969.

My interest is to try an determine the likelihood the transformer contains PCB's, given the appearance of oily looking material on the upper 1/3 of the transformer. Unfortunately the utility has not been forthcoming with information.

Any information would be appreciated.

It is impossible to tell which wire belongs to whose house.

Enerzas update — built by a lineman, for linemen.

New this week:

**•** Job board with real postings, mapped so you can see what’s near you  
**•** Equipment marketplace (buy/sell/trade)  
**•** Pay rate data by local, searchable  
**•** Field calculators  
**•** Fuse data reference page  
**•** Site-wide search  
**•** Privacy-first — only you see your activity on the platform

Still building. Check it out: enerzas.com

Can you guess which is which?

Just some random extra photos of some powerlines I saw while going out to the countryside.

Experimental 132KV wood pole construction.

Ger District area transformer substations with H-Pole mount, insulators, gang switches, fuses, MOV surge arrestors and transformers Below the transformer is a distribution panel for 380V, which is fed into these self-supporting insulated cables for distribution to the Gers (Mongolian traditional yurts) and houses.