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They need to install the protective capacitors which would protect the transformer against the DC bias voltage of a Carrington event. If these were installed, t
by compressedgas 4y ago
They need to install the protective capacitors which would protect the transformer against the DC bias voltage of a Carrington event. If these were installed, there would be no need to consider turning the grid off.
- mikewarot 4y agoThat may work on the larger feeds, but what about all the distribution transformers spread across the world? That's decades of upgrades for little apparent threat. Not only that, you then start interfering with the power factor of everything, possibly increasing resistance losses due to reactive power flows.