Third Power Transmission Line Energized

[Keith Woolford]

This should help.

 

Edited October 26, 2017 by Keith Woolford

[Bonnie]

Should this help with the outages? If so, how? (Sorry, but I don't understand much about the dissemination of electricity.)

[Keith Woolford]

 Basically it increase the capacity to transmit electricity and decreases the opportunity for failure on overload.

[JohnF13]

Bonnie, think of it like water lines.  As a generic example, your main line is a 2" one, from which your 1/2" line runs off.  Normally all is OK, but if a large number of people run their 1/2" lines off the 2" lines, eventually the pressure will drop because there is too much demand.  By putting in another 2" line two things happen - it increases capacity so more people can run their lines off it and, more importantly, if the first line goes down, the second one can carry much of the demand.  Hence, theoretically, there should be fewer outages.

[JohnF13]

Of course, the main flaw in the argument alway is, and always has been, what is termed the "last mile".  That is the actual connection to your house, and if that goes down, it doesn't matter how many transmission lines there are.

[Keith Woolford]

Demand is growing at 6% to 7% per year so a Fourth line is already in the works which will run along the Atlantic side of the country.

That also means more generation of electricity will be required. 

Because of their bribery scandals, Odebrecht withdrew as managing partner in the CHAN 2 project which will cause more massive flooding in indigenous lands. Watch the Chinese jump into that one.

http://laestrella.com.pa/economia/retraso-tercera-cuarta-linea-transmision-causantes-inestabilidad-sistema/24015509

[Bonnie]

52 minutes ago, JohnF13 said:

Bonnie, think of it like water lines.  As a generic example, your main line is a 2" one, from which your 1/2" line runs off.  Normally all is OK, but if a large number of people run their 1/2" lines off the 2" lines, eventually the pressure will drop because there is too much demand.  By putting in another 2" line two things happen - it increases capacity so more people can run their lines off it and, more importantly, if the first line goes down, the second one can carry much of the demand.  Hence, theoretically, there should be fewer outages.

I don't perceive overload being the cause of most outages, though, except perhaps on very hot days when all the air conditioners in David deplete the supply. Most of the electrical outages are either in the middle of the night or during bad weather. This suggests to me an infrastructure problem or problems rather than a supply problem. This is not to say that supply problems won't develop or aren't developing.

Edited October 27, 2017 by Bonnie

[JudyS]

Is there ever a day in David that is not very hot? I think you're right Bonnie, about it being an infrastructure problem. It went out at 4 a.m. today, a time of low usage.

[Woody]

41 minutes ago, JudyS said:

Is there ever a day in David that is not very hot?

Yep, there is.  I was in the Novey parking lot at noon yesterday and glanced at my car thermometer.  74 F.