Image Courtesy of: Chris Barker (Owner & EHV Cable Jointer at CB Jointing Ltd)
Pictured: 275kV Sectionalised Prysmian Cable Joint
T&D are distributors for Prysmian Cable Components which includes their range of cable joints, cable cleats, cable glands and jointer tooling for LV, MV and HV cables.

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Chris is certified to install:

275kV Sectionalised Prysmian Cable Joint

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Picture Courtesy of: Jonathan Turner (Senior Construction Manager DNO Projects at Wood).
Wood designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors.
“Pictured below is a new build line of 46no L8(S) Towers to a new design, carrying twin Rubus conductor with a Keziah 36 fibre earthwire. The project is constructed for 400kV but will run at 275kV – the overhead line will be the main feed for the South West Scotland (SWS) strengthening works,” Jonathan informs.
Overhead Line Electrification Equipment Providers:
- Overhead Towers – Had-Fab
- Conductor & Earthwires – Lumpi
- Insulators – Sediver
- Overhead Line Fittings – Mosdorfer
- Earthwire Chairs – Tesmec
Wood have self delivered access works, foundation installation, erection and wiring, the contract has been underway for 2 years and is due for completion this month.

Installing Bird Flight Diverters Using Single Wheel Earthwire Chair

Last Towers Up & Ready To Be Wired On WA Route

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Image Courtesy: Joe Nihill TMIET – Network Operations Director at Cophill Power Engineering Ltd
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Lucy Electric is a leader in secondary power distribution solutions with over 100 years’ industry experience. Specialising in high-performance medium voltage switchgear for utility, industrial and commercial applications, we enable the safe and reliable distribution of energy to homes and businesses worldwide.

The photos above are from an out of hours maintenance visit by Joe Nihill. For this particular maintenance the scope of works included a fully intrusive overhaul of a 11kV South Wales switchgear board consisting of South Wales switchgear C4X Oil Circuit Breakers (OCB) electrical insulating oil, replacement of each breakers electromechanical protection relay testing and a transfer of operational control document.
This allowed Joe and his team to control an isolated part of the customers network safely for the duration of the works.

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Image Courtesy of: Morteza Sobhani – Expert Technical Support & Installation High Voltage & Medium Voltage HV MV Products
Pictured: Ensto Cold Shrink MV Substation Cable Termination (24kV XLPE Single Core)

Ensto Cold Shrink (MV HV Indoor Termination)
Cable stripping dimensions should be carefully observed by the MV cable jointers and the correct cable jointing tools used to remove sheath, insulation and semi-conductive screens.
Andy O’Malley commented “Nice clean tidy work area – silicone tape applied at the bottom of the cold shrink termination.”


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