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We provide guidance and technical support for the installation of LV, MV & HV Cable Joints, Terminations, Substation & Electrical Equipment from our Key Suppliers including:
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Published 25 Apr 2018
Product Category: Duct Seals Application:Sealing Extra High Voltage Cables & Ducts Against Water, Gas & Fire Voltage: High Voltage 132kV Sector: Renewable Energy (Wind) Product Installed: Filoseal+, Filoseal+HD and Filoseal+ HD Fire Cable Duct Sealing System Project Information: All 3 types of Filoseal cable duct seal systems were required; original Filoseal+...
Published 25 Apr 2018
uploaded by Chris Dodds - Thorne & Derrick Sales & Marketing Manager Medium Voltage Terminations A Cause For Concern MV HV Application: Electric Arc Furnace Power 48 MVA 13.8kV The heat shrink cable terminations are connecting the 13.8kV high voltage power cable to Siemens Circuit Breakers (3AH2 Type) with vacuum...
Published 24 Apr 2018
uploaded by Chris Dodds T&D Sales & Marketing Manager The Video kindly contributed by Watkins & Jacomb CPC shows the cable jointer using Alroc tools to effectively strip and remove the bonded semicon screen from the XLPE insulated 11kV cable prior to installing heat shrink cable terminations. Alroc...
Published 20 Apr 2018
by Chris Dodds T&D - estimated reading time 3 minutes Sealing Ducts Wildlife induced power outages are increasingly caused by the invasion of rats and rodents into medium/high voltage electricity substations via unsealed and inadequately sealed cable ducts and then gnawing electricity power cables. Filoform FiloSeal+HD is a duct sealing...
Published 20 Apr 2018
➡ Thorne & Derrick stock and distribute a complete range of Armoured Cable Joints (SWA) in resin cast, cold shrink or heat shrink types for the connection and jointing of multicore and single core XLPE insulated power cables with armour and stranded copper conductors up to 600/1000V – joint kits...
