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Overhead Powerline Mitigation Update

August 3, 2021ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,power lines,Press Release,shunt,Splice repair,ClampStar News,conductor damage,LADWP,dead end,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Infrared thermography inspection,IR,Splice repair uprate,distribution line repair,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,Engineered Electrical Mechanical Shunt,Wildfire mitigation,Electrical Shunts,Shunts,Utility,Power,Electrocution,Downed line,power outage,suspension clamp,Line failure,Lineman safety,wildfire,Southern California Edison,Pacific Gas & Electric,PG&E,SCE,Xcel Energy,Duke Energy,Con Ed,SDG&E,San Diego Gas & Electric,Nextra Energy,BC Hydro,Florida Power & Light,Oncor,PacifiCorp,DominionPPL,FP&L

With wildfire season coming in hot this year due to record low precipitation this past winter, and with hurricane season in full swing, we want to take this opportunity to re-introduce ClampStar® as a simple and effective way to harden the grid.…


by CCostanzo

Mitigate Wire-Down Incidents and Wildfires

December 7, 2020ClampStar,classic connectors,Dominion virginia power,electric utility,line up-rates,power lines,shunt,Splice repair,uprate,ClampStar News,conductor damage,LADWP,los angeles department of water and power,los angeles DWP,dead end,hot shot,Infrared,IR Inspection,Sacramento Municipal Utility District,SMUD,Alabama Power,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Hubbell,Infrared thermography inspection,IR,Fault Current,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,plp,preformed line products,thomas & betts,thomas and betts,distribution line repair,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,Surge Arrester,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Engineered Electrical Mechanical ShuntWildfire mitigation

During a routine wildfire mitigation inspection on this 500kV 2300 kcmil, AAC line, a suspect repair sleeve adjacent to a suspension clamp was identified. Rather than taking a risk to spend time and money performing a detailed inspection and analysis of…


by CCostanzo

Another damaged conductor repaired, quickly, easily, cost-effectively, and with a technically superior result.

August 25, 2020ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,line up-rates,shunt,ClampStar News,conductor damage,dead end,deadend,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Education,Infrared thermography inspection,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Haverfield,Hot Shot IR,Sensorlink,helicopterspacer damper,Engineered Electrical Mechanical Shunt


by CCostanzo

Conductor Repair After Spacer Damper Damage

August 19, 2020ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,line up-rates,shunt,ClampStar News,conductor damage,dead end,deadend,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Education,Infrared thermography inspection,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Haverfield,Hot Shot IR,Sensorlink,helicopterspacer damper,Engineered Electrical Mechanical Shunt

Damage caused by worn Spacers, Spacer Dampers, Dampers, Aircraft Markers, or other line hardware - or lightning and gun-shot - is easily and quickly repaired. An Australian utility corrected conductor damage on a 29.3 mm O.D. transmission conductor using…


by CCostanzo

ClampStar Units Have Protected This Major Utility’s Transmission System For The Last Decade

December 4, 2019ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,line up-rates,shunt,ClampStar News,conductor damage,dead end,deadend,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Education,Infrared thermography inspection,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Haverfield,Hot Shot IR,Sensorlink,helicopterspacer damper,Engineered Electrical Mechanical Shunt

Recently, an existing 230kV ACSR-SD (self-damping) transmission line was rerouted to a new substation approximately ½ mile away. To accomplish this task and to accommodate right-of-way allowance, 6 new monopoles were set in the approximate center of an…


by CCostanzo

Connectors, Clamps, and ClampStar® - How are they different?

October 29, 2019ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,line up-rates,shunt,ClampStar News,conductor damage,dead end,deadend,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Education,Infrared thermography inspection,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Engineered Mechanical Shunt,Haverfield,Hot Shot IR,Sensorlinkhelicopter,spacer damper

Connectors: A connector can be defined as a device for joining two or more conductors to provide a continuous electrical current path. Connectors generally fall into four types; automatic, compression, wedge, and bolted. The electrical and mechanical…


by CCostanzo

How Engineered Mechanical Shunts Are Superior For Overhead Connector Repairs

November 29, 2017ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,line up-rates,shunt,ClampStar News,conductor damage,dead end,deadend,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Education,Infrared thermography inspection,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Engineered Mechanical Shunt,Haverfield,Hot Shot IR,Sensorlinkhelicopter,spacer damper

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you believed one thing to be true and then found out years later that it wasn't? For many years, experienced lineman and engineers believed that cutting out a splice on an overhead line and replacing it…


by CCostanzo

How To Properly Repair Damaged Conductor Caused By Spacer Dampers

September 28, 2017ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,line up-rates,shunt,ClampStar News,conductor damage,dead end,deadend,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Education,Infrared thermography inspection,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Engineered Mechanical Shunt,Haverfield,Hot Shot IR,Sensorlinkhelicopter,spacer damper

Spacer dampers, designed to provide proper damping of wind-induced vibrations for bundled conductor lines, have been around for more than 50 years and like most hardware exposed to the elements, needs to be replaced at some point in time. Most often,…


by CCostanzo

Reducing Wire-Down Incidents

July 6, 2017ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,line up-rates,shunt,ClampStar News,conductor damage,dead end,deadend,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Education,Infrared thermography inspection,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Engineered Mechanical Shunt,Haverfield,Hot Shot IR,Sensorlinkhelicopter,spacer damper

It's a fact, the frequency of downed power lines has been increasing, especially within the last few years as much of the equipment in many power grids enters the half century and older point. According to federal data, the U.S. electric grid loses power…


by CCostanzo

The Best Method For Repairing Overhead Connectors

May 4, 2017ClampStar,classic connectors,electric utility,line up-rates,shunt,ClampStar News,conductor damage,dead end,deadend,IR Inspection,automatic splice repair,compression connector,Education,Infrared thermography inspection,over head conductor power lines shunt,Splice repair uprate,Ohmstik,corrosion,power line repair,Transmission line repair,uprate power line,ohsw,overhead shield wire,Engineered Mechanical Shunt,HaverfieldHot Shot IR,Sensorlink

This video shows a typical scenario using infrared inspection of an overhead transmission line to identify a hot splice and then the proper correction of that hot splice using a ClampStar engineered mechanical shunt. ClampStar, along with proactive…


by CCostanzo

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