Chicago Tribune

LOW-VOLTAGE OUTDOOR LIGHTS ARE NOT BRIGHT, BUT THEY DON’T SHOCK

Low-voltage outdoor lighting, prominently featured at many home centers, is easier to install, less expensive and available in a wider range of styles than full-voltage lighting. While low-voltage ...
NBC New York

Blue Light Floods NYC Sky as Transformer Bursts Into Flames in Queens

A transformer fire in Queens sent an eerie blue light flooding the nighttime sky as electricity flickered in homes and an airport was plunged into darkness Thursday. Con Edison says a brief electrical ...
Chicago Tribune

No aliens: New York transformer explosion lights up sky, knocks out power

A transformer explosion at an electrical plant set the skies above New York City ablaze in an eerie, pulsing blue light Thursday night, causing scattered power outages, delaying flights and sparking a ...
Hackaday

street light transformer

There are several reasons you should have an isolation transformer. They can prevent ground loops and also prevent a device under test from having a DC path to ground (or isolate an oscilloscope from ...
ABC7

Transformer explosion at Con Ed plant lights up sky in New York City

NEW YORK CITY -- Authorities investigated a transformer explosion at a power plant that lit up the sky over Queens Thursday night. It happened shortly after 9 p.m. at the Astoria East and North Queens ...
Post and Courier

UPDATE: Traffic lights back up after transformer explodes on Richland Avenue

Multiple traffic lights and businesses were without power Thursday afternoon after a transformer blew up on Richland Avenue. Traffic lights at the intersection of Richland Avenue and Beaufort Street ...
Los Angeles Times

Transformer explosion lights up the New York sky and knocks out power

Reporting from NEW YORK — A transformer explosion at an electrical plant set the skies above New York City ablaze in an eerie, pulsing blue light Thursday night, causing scattered power outages, ...