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phantom power

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1. Several years ago I read that the U.S. has no replacement high-capacity transformers

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Sun Jun 9, 2013, 09:38 AM

Jun 2013

by high capacity, I mean capacities of >= 300 kilovolts. If we lost some, it would be months to replace them from overseas. In a widespread Carrington-like event, we would be effectively unable to repair the damage in the kind of timeframe our civilization is used to assuming is possible.

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Several years ago I read that the U.S. has no replacement high-capacity transformers phantom power Jun 2013 #1

"It would be months to replace them from overseas..." NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #2