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Why high-voltage transmission

GCSE · Combined Science · OCR · P5.2 — Power and energy in everyday systems: P = E/t, power in appliances and the National Grid

Question

OCR Paper P2 (Higher)

Electricity is transmitted across the National Grid at very high voltages (e.g. 400 kV).

Explain why high voltage is used and how step-up/step-down transformers fit into this system. (4 marks)

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