Kugwiritsa ntchito zingwe zamagetsi kunayamba zaka zana limodzi. Mu 1879, katswiri wa ku America TA Edison anakulunga jute mozungulira ndodo yamkuwa, ndikuyiyika mu chitoliro chachitsulo, ndikuyidzaza ndi phula losakaniza kuti apange chingwe. Anaika chingwechi ku New York, akuchita upainiya wotumiza magetsi mobisa. Chaka chotsatira, katswiri wina wa ku Britain, dzina lake Callender, anapanga phula-pepala lopangidwa ndi mpweya{7}} lopangidwa ndi insulated power cable. Mu 1889, katswiri wina wa ku Britain, SZ Ferranti, anayala chingwe chamafuta cha 10 kV{13}}pepala chotsekeredwa{14}chapakati pa London ndi Deptford. Mu 1908, UK idamaliza ma netiweki a 20 kV. Zingwe zamagetsi zinayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri. Mu 1911, Germany inaika zingwe za 60 kV high-voltage, kusonyeza chiyambi cha kupanga{23}matambo amphamvu kwambiri. Mu 1913, katswiri wina wa ku Germany, M. Hochstedt anapanga magawo-zingwe zotchinga, zomwe zinathandiza kuti magetsi azigawikana mu chingwecho komanso kuthetsa kupanikizika kwambiri pazitsulo zotsekera, zomwe zinachititsa kuti pakhale chitukuko chachikulu kwambiri pakupanga zingwe zamagetsi. Mu 1952, dziko la Sweden linaika zingwe za 380 kV ultra-zapamwamba kwambiri pafakitale yake yamagetsi yakumpoto, zomwe zinali chizindikiro choyamba kugwiritsira ntchito-zingwe zamagetsi zamphamvu kwambiri. Pofika m'ma 1980, zingwe zamagetsi za 1100 kV ndi 1200 kV ultra{37}zinali zitapangidwa.
