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Published 26 Mar 2021
Both. Whether lashing in a Straight 6 resin joint to power a domestic shower or jointing 110kV cables to energise Brisbane, the cable jointer must concentrate during all stages of cable stripping, measurement and joint installation. Make an error with your measure, flirt with failure. Of course cable failures keep cable...
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Published 26 Mar 2021
Images Courtesy of: Danny Williamson (LV HV Cable Jointer). Danny is pictured below, jointing and terminating 11kV Triplex cables into medium voltage Schneider Ringmaster RN2c (RMU). Schneider Ringmaster is a compact highly reliable solution for both indoor and outdoor MV distribution networks up to 13.8kV. The 11kV joints and terminations were completed using...
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Published 26 Mar 2021
Image courtesy of: Paul Everett MIET – Owner/Operator at UNS Limited. Pictured: Extraordinary Fibre Earth Wire Pull “Fibre earth wire pull completed today in Suffolk over 11 tower spans.” Terminal tower in 132kV compound. Crossing over 2 x dual carriageways, 1 x 25kV electrified railway, 1 x 33kV overhead...
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Published 16 Mar 2021
Cable Cleats Image Courtesy Of: Sam Rowe – Estimator at F B Taylor (Cable Contractors) Ltd These 11kV cables have been pulled in and cleated using stainless steel trefoil and 2 bolt nylon cable cleats to ladder racking. Cable cleats are used to fix, clamp and support cables – cleats...
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Published 16 Mar 2021
Image Courtesy of: Daniel Probert – Senior Electrical Engineer at Johnson & Phillips (Capacitors) Ltd. Johnson & Phillips (Capacitors) Ltd are market-leading providers of LV – HV Power Engineering Services throughout the UK and internationally. They offer services such as cable jointing, retrofitting, switchgear systems to 8500A, transformer testing,...
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