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TRANSFORMER POWER!

Once the correct system is chosen for the area a secondary routing plan needs to be considered – except instead of that why not build it as a spider would? Consider the design of a complex spider web – and I don’t mean the spiral. Ever seen a ground spider’s web? It has communication lines that extend out way past the web, and inside the web you will see everything is interconnected. A spiral web is no good, you cut one strand on the right spot and the whole thing goes to hell in a hand basket faster than a fat man in front of an all you can eat. However, the complex design that is shown by ground spider, and even the Black Widow can sustain damage to them and still remain functional – it’s because many of the different lines interconnect. Let’s say you have a massive grid shaped like a pentagon. If one segment on that grid goes out, and it is connected completely around, power will stay on. If two segments are KOed then you will see anything between those two have died. Simple solution? Trace a line between all the concave angle points. You will get something like this <picture>.

Now you see, anyone between those will have power, even if a line is damaged in two places. Furthermore a re-routing system could be installed on every transformer – so that electric current could be routed to an alternate backup on the scene – the main transformer would be replaces while power is routed to a cheap effective alternate. Once replaced power would be routed back through the new good one. The need for this is in the need to keep the Highway system up, keep the country up, and keep all power and juice flowing.

Stay Tuned for Electric Future – The Grid IIIB tomorrow!