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minus-squareSacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]hexbear59·edit-24 months ago Every utilities company facing critical shortages for repairs and maintenance Still an issue, I work for a utility and lead times for things like high voltage transformers are still ~18 months or so from what I've been told Coincidentally, I also processed a shipment of smaller transformers that came thru from South Korea (which for us was unheard of) It's not ideal link
minus-squarebazingabrain [comrade/them]hexbear33·4 months agoso what youre telling me is that if a group of organized people wanted, they could take out the entire us electrical grid by blowing up a bunch of transformers? HUH link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear34·edit-24 months agoAttack on Nine Substations Could Take Down U.S. Grid (2014) https://spectrum.ieee.org/attack-on-nine-substations-could-take-down-us-grid link
minus-squarehotcouchguy [he/him]hexbear21·4 months agoLead times on those have been that bad for at least 10 years link
minus-squareSacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]hexbear22·edit-24 months agoIt's never been good in my experience (9 years), but it's also never been quite as bad as it currently is link
Still an issue, I work for a utility and lead times for things like high voltage transformers are still ~18 months or so from what I've been told
Coincidentally, I also processed a shipment of smaller transformers that came thru from South Korea (which for us was unheard of)
It's not ideal
so what youre telling me is that if a group of organized people wanted, they could take out the entire us electrical grid by blowing up a bunch of transformers?
HUH
Attack on Nine Substations Could Take Down U.S. Grid (2014)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/attack-on-nine-substations-could-take-down-us-grid
interesting
Lead times on those have been that bad for at least 10 years
It's never been good in my experience (9 years), but it's also never been quite as bad as it currently is