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How It's Made Mini-Episodes: Electrical Transformers
Electric transformers are everywhere, transforming high-voltage electricity from power lines into usable household currents. In this minisode of How It's Made, find out how electrical transformers are created.
Added: Apr 27, 2011
Views: 3482 Views
Runtime: 05:07
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