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##¶#%††«,¨ transformer. what we know is what we ¨,«††%#¶##
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##¶#%††«,¨ a sucking transformer is surrounded by ¨,«††%#¶##
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##¶#%††«,¨ meters to each side of it. tranins do ¨,«††%#¶##
##¶#%††«,¨ not stop between these signs during any ¨,«††%#¶##
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