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2023-09-08 Economy
US Power Companies Warn of Dangerous Transformer Supply Chain Issues
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Posted by Gromble Dribble4342 2023-09-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 "ERCOT needs our help to conserve electricity today from 5 p.m. to 9 p. m."
Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-08 01:22||   2023-09-08 01:22|| Front Page Top

#2 NIMBY comes home to roost?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-09-08 01:45||   2023-09-08 01:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Can ventilators be turned into transformers? We have lots of ventilators that are just a few years old.
Posted by Airandee 2023-09-08 06:54||   2023-09-08 06:54|| Front Page Top

#4 This issue has been known for a long time. Seems nobody in industry or gummint wants to do much more than maunder about it.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-08 07:21||   2023-09-08 07:21|| Front Page Top

#5 The large utility transformers take an incredibly long time to make. Just doing the precision winding on the cores might take a couple of weeks of 24/7 operation.

And if something goes wrong during that process, another day or two to unwind (operation doesn't have to be quite as precise) and then start all over again.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-09-08 08:27||   2023-09-08 08:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Seems like a business Musk should be in.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-08 08:32||   2023-09-08 08:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Are they still using PCB oils?
Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-08 09:14||   2023-09-08 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm surprised they have only now started to decouple from China on this. Should have seen the writing on the wall a few years ago.
Posted by DarthVader 2023-09-08 10:10||   2023-09-08 10:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Are they still using PCB oils?

PCB were banned a long time ago. Synthetic oils are used in the large high voltage transformers.
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-09-08 10:12||   2023-09-08 10:12|| Front Page Top

#10 #5 - and long burn-in/test times
Posted by Frank G 2023-09-08 10:39||   2023-09-08 10:39|| Front Page Top

#11 https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-a-transformer-shortage-threatens-the-grid/

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-09-08 14:29||   2023-09-08 14:29|| Front Page Top

#12 https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-a-transformer-shortage-threatens-the-grid/

Wow. Neglected since 10/2020.
What was going on then...

Think I'll change my generator oil.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-08 16:20||   2023-09-08 16:20|| Front Page Top

#13 Parallel point: The giant substation tranfomers can only be moved by rail, and not on all lines (no tunnels or low bridges).
There are exactly two railcars for the operation in North America.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-09-08 16:25||   2023-09-08 16:25|| Front Page Top

#14 If there was ever a component in the energy delivery system totally beyond the understanding of people who think electricity comes from the light switch...
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-08 17:00||   2023-09-08 17:00|| Front Page Top

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