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. 

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. 

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.