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What is Maintenance Free Earthing?
Earthing, also known as grounding, is the practice of transferring electrical charges to the ground through low-resistance cables or rods to quickly discharge any stored energy. There are two main types of earthing: maintenance-free earthing and
Read MoreWhat is Substation Earthing? [Explained with Calculations]
The fundamental role of any substation earthing is to dissipate the short circuit current into the earth without drying out the area and to limit the potential gradient throughout the substation to maintain the step and touch voltages within safe values. There are two features considered during the design of ...
Cable Lugs Design and Safety Principles as Defined in IEC & UL Standard
Follow us on LinkedIn for regular updates on our Earthing and Lightning Protection Products! Cable lugs help in the easy installation of cable termination and aid in the repair and maintenance of electrical devices or cables. Commonly, the lugs are used to connect one cable with another or to connect ...
Earthing & Lightning Protection System for Substations
In an electrical substation, Lightning Protection System is important for the smooth operation of electrical networks during lighting strikes. Lightning strikes can cause severe damages due to the surge of extra voltage during a strike that is injected into a transformer. As a result, a strike and switching can cause ...
Looking back at moments from 2020 and plan for 2021
Follow us on LinkedIn for regular updates on our products! The year 2020 started just like any other year, our team was in the middle of our business plan exercises, were trying to ship out orders before the end of the financial year and overall we were looking forward to ...
Bimetallic Lugs: Definition & Usage
Follow us on LinkedIn for regular updates on everything about Bi-metallic Lugs! Bimetallic Lugs are constructed using a copper palm and aluminium barrel and are used to terminate aluminium conductors onto copper bus bars. Using these lugs in control panels, switchgear, and combiner boxes in Solar Plants prevents corrosion and ...
Compression Cable Lugs & Connectors: Applications & Installation
Follow us on LinkedIn for regular updates on everything about Compression Cable Lugs & Connectors! The electrical power generated at the power station goes through several cables, devices, and systems, before reaching its destination. For the safest and most efficient power transfer, a reliable electrical system is required. Compression Cable ...
What Are Prepaid Smart Meters & Why Were They In Budget 2020?
Follow us on LinkedIn for regular updates on everything about Smart Meters! View Our Products Download Our Catalogues Contact Us After we made our blog post last week about Budget 2020, we got a lot of emails and messages from people asking us what exactly the ...
Difference between Conventional and ESE Lightning Arresters
Follow us on LinkedIn for regular updates on everything about Lightning Arresters! Well, we all are aware of the lightning strike that occurs during the rainy season. But are we aware of the fact that we need to protect our structure and electrical system from it too? Yes, there is ...
How does an Overhead Line Fault Passage Indicator work?
Being outdoors, electrical networks are subject to the ravages of nature throughout the year. From lightning, heavy rain, dust or even just local wildlife, these electrical networks become susceptible to faults forming over time. When these faults occur, outages can take place which can affect large populations of end customers ...