A massive power transformer shortage is wreaking havoc in the US

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A nationwide shortage of powerfulness grid transformers is causing delays crossed the US for everything from infrastructure for electrical vehicles to caller homes

By Jeremy Hsu

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11 March 2023

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Transformers alteration the voltage of electrical currents

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Across the US, caller houses beryllium unfinished – operation can’t beryllium completed until they are connected to the energy grid. Utility companies interest astir however rapidly they tin reconstruct powerfulness aft harm caused by hurricanes and different earthy disasters. And nationwide efforts to modernise ageing electrical grids look delays of months oregon adjacent years.

All this is happening due to the fact that of a nationalist shortage of electrical organisation transformers. These devices person the high-voltage energy from powerfulness lines into little voltages suitable for homes and businesses, …

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