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snaketales
I might have got a bit carried away rewriting this article for PerthNow:
An army of transformers is being rolled out to help Western Power fight outages ahead of “potential extreme weather conditions” over summer.
Western Power hopes it’s got the touch with improvements to 70 distribution transformers in the South West Interconnected System, including 43 in the Perth and Peel region.
Distribution transformers convert the high voltage used in power lines to a lower voltage that is suitable for residential use and are a vital part of the electricity grid, helping to light households’ darkest hour.