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Posted by Toller on September 24, 2005, 10:42 pm
Like all major storms, power is out to 1,000,000 people. Well, since they
know that is going to happen, why don't they shut power off to the affected
areas before hand, so they don't have to replace all the blown up
transformers?
Is it a liability issue; they would be sued if they cut power, so they let
nature do it?
We had a major ice storm here 14 years ago that took 2 weeks to recover
from. Someone I knew went to a hill overlooking the town and watched the
transformers blow up all over town; said it was spectacular.
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Posted by Stretch on September 24, 2005, 4:31 pm
They have to be careful who they turn off. Some people are on life
support equipment. Turning power off could kill them. When the power
does go off, they are the first ones restored.
Stretch
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Posted by Mark on September 24, 2005, 7:51 pm
just because there are a lot of sparks etc, what makes you think that a
__transformer__ blew up?
every see what a high voltage (not a 120 Volt line) line does when it
touches the ground?
pretty spectacular
Mark
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Posted by Toller on September 25, 2005, 3:07 am
> just because there are a lot of sparks etc, what makes you think that a
> __transformer__ blew up?
> every see what a high voltage (not a 120 Volt line) line does when it
> touches the ground?
> pretty spectacular
Well, the electric company spent the next two weeks replacing transformers.
Or they lied to the newspapers about what they were doing; I can't say
which.
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Posted by on September 25, 2005, 12:10 am
>Well, the electric company spent the next two weeks replacing transformers.
>Or they lied to the newspapers about what they were doing; I can't say
>which.
They spend a lot of "time" replacing transformers but most power is
restored by simply replacing fuses.
The real problem is when the lines and poles are destroyed., That
really takes time, money and labor.
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> __transformer__ blew up?
> every see what a high voltage (not a 120 Volt line) line does when it
> touches the ground?
> pretty spectacular