Generators usually produce electricity at 7 kilovolts (a kilovolt is a thousand volts) to 25 kilovolts; transformers at the generators step up the voltage, to 60 kilovolts to 500 kilovolts, before sending the power into the grid.
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Kilovolt
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Catalan
1 entries- quilovolt noun (One thousand volts)
Finnish
1 entries- kilovoltti noun (One thousand volts)
Georgian
1 entries- კილოვოლტი noun (One thousand volts)
Greek
1 entries- κιλοβόλτ noun (One thousand volts)
Japanese
1 entries- キロボルト noun (One thousand volts)
Korean
1 entries- 킬로볼트 noun (One thousand volts)
Russian
1 entries- килово́льт noun (One thousand volts)
Thai
1 entries- กิโลโวลต์ noun (One thousand volts)
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