Trefoil Cable Cleat | UKPN London Power Tunnel

Published 16 Dec 2022

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UKPN London Power Tunnel

The London Power Tunnels project will create a new 32km electricity super highway deep below the capital, which will help keep Londoners connected to safe and reliable electricity supplies. In some areas of the system power is transmitted via 6 sets of cables in trefoil arrangement, to safely contain these cables a new trefoil cable cleat was required.


Trefoil Cable Cleat

Ellis Patents Solution

Working directly with UK Power Networks (UKPN), Ellis Patents developed a trefoil version of its Centaur cable saddle, a bespoke product that not only allowed the preferred trefoil arrangement of HV cables to be run through a stretch of tunnel between New Cross and Finsbury Market, but also significantly reduce the number of supports required. An essential part of the development process was a product test in a short circuit test station in Prague. For the test the structure used in the tunnel was created and suitable cable shipped from the UK.

trefoil version of its Centaur cable saddle

Centaur cable saddle


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