Castos https://www.reliabilityconnect.com/article_types/transformer-truths/ 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. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:35:29 +0000 en © 2026 https://episodes.castos.com/cbmconnect/images/Transformer-Truths-Podcast-cover.png https://www.reliabilityconnect.com/article_types/transformer-truths/ 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. MOBIUS CONNECT episodic 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. MOBIUS CONNECT justine.huey@mobiusinstitute.com false https://feeds.castos.com/mwj7z yes Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:35:29 +0000 MOBIUS CONNECT https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/71755/episode/2601924 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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