How do Electric Transmission Lines Work?

Name: How do Electric Transmission Lines Work?
Uploaded: 2019-01-01
Duration: 9 min 50 s
Channel: Practical Engineering
Description: Discussing some of the fascinating engineering that goes into overhead electric power transmission lines. In the past, power generating plants were only able to serve their local areas. As power plants grew larger and further away from populated areas, the need for ways to efficiently move...

Discussing some of the fascinating engineering that goes into overhead electric power transmission lines. In the past, power generating plants were only able to serve their local areas. As power plants grew larger and further away from populated areas, the need for ways to efficiently move...

10 min - How Things Work - Practical Engineering

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