Many Kenyans often experience power outages due to various factors, among them the failure of transformers.
Kenya Power, which trades on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) under the ticker KPLC, on Thursday sought to explain why many Kenyans have been forced to spend hours in the dark due to transformer failures. The company attributed transformer failures to overload caused by unauthorised connections that result in transformer overloads.
The result is power blackouts. "When communities tap into the power grid illegally or plug in too many high-power appliances, it pushes the transformer beyond its designed capacity.
These makeshift setups not only create dangerous voltage imbalances but also force the equipment to work overtime - often leading to overheating and, ultimately, failure,'' KPLC explained. Kenya Power technicians installing a transformer in Kisumu County on April 5, 2022.
