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Thorne & Derrick’s POWER Blog is regularly updated with news, projects, videos, technical tips, training information, promotions, webinars, career opportunities and white papers.
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We focus on Product Categories: Duct Seals | Cable Cleats | Cable Glands | Electrical Safety | Arc Flash Protection | Cable Jointing Tools | Cable Pulling | Earthing | Feeder Pillars | Cable Joints LV | Joints & Terminations MV HV
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Published 16 Sep 2019
Subsea Cable Protection Systems ♦ Republished by Chris Dodds with Kind Permission of Greg Campbell-Smith ((Director Sales and Business Development at First Subsea) First Subsea is the world’s leading developer of subsea connection technology, supplying, installing and decommissioning. Subsea power cables on offshore wind farms are typically...
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Published 16 Sep 2019
Subsea Cable Protection Systems ♦ Republished by Chris Dodds with Kind Permission of Greg Campbell-Smith ((Director Sales and Business Development at First Subsea) First Subsea is the world’s leading developer of subsea connection technology, supplying, installing and decommissioning. Subsea power cables on offshore wind farms are typically...
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Published 16 Sep 2019
➡ The following article has been prepared by Tim Rastall from Enspec Power “As a Senior Electrical Engineer specialising in Grid Code Compliance and power quality solutions, I help wind, solar, energy storage and industrial connections comply with required standards and operate in an efficient and cost-effective manner. At...
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Published 13 Sep 2019
This article was wtitten by John Perez of Quanta Underground Power Services ➡ See Part 1 “You’re Just A Cable Splicer!” I still am and always will be proud to be a “Cable Splicer”, or as I commonly refer to myself; a dirty tattooed underground rat. There are many of...
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Published 13 Sep 2019
This article was written by John Perez of Quanta Underground Power Services ➡ See Part 2 “You’re Still Just A Cable Splicer!” “Your Just A Cable Splicer?!?” was a question that I was once asked by a Lineman, in a very incredulous tone. My first thought was to tell...
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