That switch should have never arced like that. There most likely was a load on the line. There is a “whip” attached to the arm which stays in contact until the main contact opens. Very little arcing in normal situation.
Manufacturing High Voltage Transformers: Why Not get USA into the business of ?
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"Ark Midnight 298 - The Intelligence Briefing / EMP"Couldn’t agree more … (except for the modular/scalable part for bulk grid transformers … that isn’t a widespread part of the power engineering repertoire … nonetheless a great goal to help save millions of lives.)
http://www.firstempcommission.org/u...arms_cyber_warfare_by_peter_pry_july_2017.pdf
Despite decades of warnings, Normalcy Bias in the USA about grid reliability still has only seen a few small dents like Texas and Cali’s ongoing problems tonight.
With warfare strategy rapidly moving to “Non-Contact” methodologies, forms of mass electronic warfare are being enhanced by all military entities. Super-EMP weapons have finally been publicly admitted. Hypersonic delivery appears nearly indefensible.
HVTs, as you have identified with their ultra long lead times, are a classic Sun Tzu “attack where your enemy cannot defend” mode.
Not a problem?
Take the weekend challenge:
Friday night at bedtime, announce to the family (with no advance warning) that the power will be out until Sunday night at midnight. Switch off the main breaker and go to bed.
Right there is the in your face preview of what it would be like if the warmongers take it to the next level.
The challenge can get pretty interesting pretty quick with so many unexpected things going out at once.
Few will even try it, fewer will make the full 48 hrs.
https://caravantomidnight.com/episode-detail/21963?action=
