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Old 07-25-2006, 09:28 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by Dominicwasalreadytaken
As for traffic lights, I don't think the control is all that fine. I would imagine a controlled blackout would involve shutting down portions or all of certain substations at certain times, and there's no way to shut down the power for houses, but not traffic lights. The power cabinets for traffic lights are just a tiny piece of the whole grid.
Exactly.
You open the connection at a substation, and that cuts off all electricity that was fed by that substation. AFAIK there is no "secondary" connection run traffic lights or the C-Train, but it may come in the future..

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