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Examples of these causes include | Examples of these causes include | ||
* faults at power stations, | * faults at power stations, | ||
* damage to electric transmission lines, | * damage to electric transmission lines, substations or other parts of the distribution system, | ||
* a short circuit, | * a short circuit, | ||
* cascading failure, | * cascading failure, | ||
* fuse or circuit breaker | * the tripping of fuse or circuit breaker . | ||
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_outage | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_outage | ||
Latest revision as of 13:17, 22 September 2023
A power outage (also called a powercut, a power out, a power failure, a power blackout, a power loss, or a blackout) is the loss of the electrical power network supply to an end user.
There are many causes of power failures in an electricity network. Examples of these causes include
- faults at power stations,
- damage to electric transmission lines, substations or other parts of the distribution system,
- a short circuit,
- cascading failure,
- the tripping of fuse or circuit breaker .