IN a paper read to the Students' Section of the Institution of Electrical Engineers on November 30, Mr. C. H. W. Clark discussed the design, manufacture and testing of overhead line insulators. It is ...

Pollution Deposits Can Accumulate on an Insulator Surface and become conductive paths when the insulator surface is wet due to rain or fog. This creates an increase in the leakage currents over the ...

With the increasing frequency of natural disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and winter storms, electric utilities have proactively transitioned overhead lines to underground circuits ...

The need to integrate renewable energy resources, and prepare for increased demand for power as electrification takes hold in transportation and other sectors, creates challenges for an aging grid.