Electricity Converters

While we were learning about electric converters and how they are often used in cities to step down power to the usable 120V wattage, this reminded me once again about my trip to Vietnam. Driving through the city, I was always amazed by how many wires each individual pole was able to hold up, yet I did not see many of the electrical boxes I was used to seeing sitting on the top of each pole like I do at home. This was probably because I did not know what these boxes were for or what they did. An electrical converter found at the top of the electrical pole usually steps down the energy found in wires so that it can power our appliances in the home. I do not know the Vietnamese system of electrical power, but what I do know is that, in even the developed cities which we often made our way through, their electrical poles are so inundated with individual electrical wire, that it indeed looks like an accident waiting to happen.