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EscapeRich9091 t1_itrgpcx wrote

Reply to comment by KirkSheffler in eli5: how long would power stay on if the power company abandoned their post? by larsattacks94

... I did say until they break down? Either software failure, generator failure, bearing failures, blade failures, whatever it is. They will have an average unmaintained life expectancy probably on the scale of months.

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KirkSheffler t1_itrhkrb wrote

Yes but they break down a lot faster than people think. They require constant presence like any other electrical sub stations

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EscapeRich9091 t1_itrk7j5 wrote

I don't know what that unmaintained life is so I didn't address it. I'm sure somewhere they've decommissioned wind/solar/green installs and run some units into the ground to find out, but I haven't investigated to see if there's any published white papers on it.

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