Emergency Substation Repair | $30,000 per hour Crop Loss | Maddox Transformer

Crop loss of $30,000 an hour due to a failed substation.

That's the situation Cascade Irrigation District faced when the substation that powered their water pumps failed.

Here's what they did to mitigate it:
Saturday: Discovered failure
Monday: Arrived at Maddox shop at 7:00 AM
Tuesday-Thursday: Emergency remanufacturing and repairs
Friday: Picked up substation
Saturday: Crane service
Sunday: Connections, testing, and site back online

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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Cascade Irrigation system
0:51 Saturday: Substation goes down
1:13 Farmers react quickly
1:37 Monday: Transformer arrives at Maddox
1:55 Friday: Transformer repaired
2:10 Saturday: Transformer installed
2:22 Sunday: Transformer back online
2:37 Conclusion