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The Mysterious Case of the Missing 250-Ton Chinese Power Transformer
Vice ^
| bCynthia Brumfield
Posted on 09/23/2020 6:07:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Why the hell are we putting a “JiangSu HuaPeng” into our power grid and not a GE ?? Or a Hitachi/ABB or similar ? Using not just China made products but Chinese brands to build our infrastructure is suicide.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:33:55 AM PDT
by
libh8er
To: PGR88
Vice was once edgy and gonzo but the founder sold the magazine (and it resold a couple of times). He went on to found the Proud Boys and Lefties went on the run/ruin his magazine.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:36:09 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
To: BenLurkin
While this comment has nothing about the posting concerns Its prompted by where that electrical component comes from.
Americans better WISE UP/
Key swamp demons were making fortunes when they allowed US companies in a number of industries including pharma, computer; and electrical as well metal fabrication components even bicycles relocate their factories in China . To the point where China was our sole supplier. The money the CCP has now comes from US .If we play our Chinese checkers right we can really turn things around for the better not only here but in China as well.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:36:54 AM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
To: BenLurkin
As to those seeking information about the transformer - shove it, you’d don’t have a need to know.
Information “made public” is information supplied to enemies as well. If DOE is not speaking, then just move on.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:40:11 AM PDT
by
Wuli
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:40:32 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Kaslin; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BenLurkin; MHGinTN
That’s the way I read it as well. That, on a practical basis, the CHinese may not have built the transformer properly either (bad insulation in one wrap of one cable in one phase is “all” that is needed) but a timed failure or remotely-induced failure requires some sort of trip mechanism or switch or power tap device that “should be” hard to hide.
These transformers operated between 45,000 volts and 500,000 volts. It is “easy” the burn the whole thing up if you can start a small failure in one place. The hard part is NOT making the dumb thing burn up!
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:50:29 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
( I can only donate monthly, but the radical ABCNNBCBS does it every hour on their news.)
To: pierrem15
Mitsubishi rolls out the first new Japanese airliner in decadesNever mind Mitsubishi
The No 1 in small corporate jets is provided by Honda Aviation:
Honda also makes their own jet engines.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:53:40 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
(White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
To: outofsalt
That’s crazy talk!
It’s not like electricity is of vital national importance...
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:53:54 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
If investigation proves that there is a clandestine cutoff embedded in that device, the feds should outlaw imports of any products made by that company. They should then investigate any other devices that are currently installed, and send that company the bill for the investigations and replacements of any found compromised.
Then they should file a formal complaint with the Chinese government got it on record for the whole world to see. Let people know who they're dealing with when they buy Chinese junk.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:56:10 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: PIF
I worked for a medical device company. they had a piece of equipment made in china.
The software was so full of spyware that they had to remove the internet connection and put signs all over the machine warning to NEVER connect it to the internet.
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posted on
09/23/2020 6:57:29 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
To: Red Badger
Here's my shocked face. 😱
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:05:13 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: BenLurkin
Most likely is that China designed a transformer that THEY COULD SHUT DOWN REMOTELY, to be able to take down our power grid.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:12:00 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
To: mosesdapoet
The corruptocrats put American businesses out of business by using non constitutional bureaucracies to generate laws that cant be traced to them. That drove business overseas where bribery is king. They then fed off of the cash streams so generated. Trump has slashed the red tape used to hang American business from the deep state gallows. The corruption runs so deep that most of DC fears PRISON. Hence why they hate him with such a deep dose of desperation. Hillery Clinton Uranium one, Biden selling out to China, Obama arming ISIS and funding Iran's nuclear bomb efforts for kickbacks as examples of the top three political offices last administration alone.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:15:31 AM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: BenLurkin
The ChiComs are upset. The article (which you butchered) says nothing like that.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:17:34 AM PDT
by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
To: Flick Lives
Why is any American regional power entity BUYING A BOX OF PENCILS, forget about a gazillion $/watt transformer from CHINA?
To: redshawk
The Chinese have/had plans to shut down the grid November 4th. I think it has been thwarted.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:22:12 AM PDT
by
Revolutionary
("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
To: libh8er
GE divested their transformer division.
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:26:15 AM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:35:44 AM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(God is good, He loves us, and He is always with us.)
To: spokeshave
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:52:07 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Transmission tone, Selma)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/23/2020 7:56:50 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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