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To: appalachian_dweller
How many spare transformers are in inventory? How long does it take to get them? Who makes them?

Please enlighten us.

There are 976,236 transformers in US inventory right now.

It takes 4 to 6 weeks after you call the local power company to get it installed. But the power companies always keep a bunch sitting around of all shapes and sizes for storms and damage. That's why it doesn't take 4 to 6 weeks when a dump truck knocks one off of a power pole or lightning strikes one.

Tempco, Hammond, GE, Seimens, ACME, and a bunch of foreign companies. Boats will still work, especially those that are not parked in Kansas.

Happy? :o)

230 posted on 02/24/2012 6:15:58 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (With regards to the GOP: I am prodisestablishmentarianistic!)
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To: Tenacious 1

Boats may work, but ports won’t.


231 posted on 02/24/2012 6:20:43 AM PST by patton ("Je pense donc je suis," - My Horse.)
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To: Tenacious 1

Thank you for your response. Seems like good information, can you support your sources?

I’m not talking about the little ones they put on the power poles. I’m asking about the ones in the substations. From what I’ve learned, there are not than many in inventory and it takes a couple of years for them to be manufactured after the order has been placed.

Please have patience as I’m not educated about such things; however, I am a generator tech and an a bit more knowledgeable than most about the generation of electricity.

Again, I’m here to learn and am not trying to pick a fight.

Thanks, AD


242 posted on 02/25/2012 7:42:40 PM PST by appalachian_dweller (Live each day as if it's your last. It might be.)
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