Straightening & Terminating 300kV Nexans Transformer Cable Using Pfisterer 6S Plugs (245kV)
Published 08 Jun 2021
Images Courtesy of: Andy O’Malley –Â Allteck IBEW 258 EHV cable jointer/splicer
Andy, the son of Patrick a retired MANWEB Cable Jointer, is following in family footsteps and while the technology has changed the same unbridled passion and professionalism continue.
Thorne & Derrick are Main Distributors & Stockists for the Pfisterer range of Medium Voltage Power Products including Connex Plugs, Cable Jointing Tools, Sicon Connectors, Surge Arresters and Electrical Safety Equipment.
Straightening 300kV Transformer Cable Prior To Terminating Using Pfisterer 6S Plugs
The clean room is complete to prevent contamination, power cables heated and straightened at transformer.
Pfisterer 6S inner cone plugs prepared and ready to plug-in to high voltage GIS.
Jointers Motto : “Build it like you own it” (Nicklin & O’Malley).
Showing the HO connection located at transformer end and GIS switchgear end completed using Pfisterer Connex termination plugs (lower cable termination and cable cleating to steelwork and ground bus connection by others).
The Morning Commute
Returning home for a 8 day break via the Banff National Park. The park is Canada’s oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. Highway fencing and crossing bridges help wildlife safely navigate the Trans-Canada Highway. Since monitoring began in 1996, 11 species of large mammals—including bears, elk and cougar—have used crossing structures more than 200,000 times.
Andy’s Anecdote
Shio, a wise Japanese engineer once said “you are not a cable jointer and had nothing to do with designing this cable joint, so therefore you must not have an opinion”. This was in reply to a non-cable jointer saying “in my opinion you should …. ” (with reference to how jointers should joint).
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