Technical Resources
PD Testing for Commissioning: What to Measure B...
Partial discharge (PD) testing during commissioning is how you catch joint and termination defects before the cable goes into service — not after. A new cable should show minimal PD activity; if...
PD Testing for Commissioning: What to Measure B...
Partial discharge (PD) testing during commissioning is how you catch joint and termination defects before the cable goes into service — not after. A new cable should show minimal PD activity; if...
Cable Fault Location Safety: The HSE Playbook E...
Every cable fault location engineer knows someone who had a close call. Many know someone who didn't. The statistics are clear: the accidents in this trade are almost never caused...
Cable Fault Location Safety: The HSE Playbook E...
Every cable fault location engineer knows someone who had a close call. Many know someone who didn't. The statistics are clear: the accidents in this trade are almost never caused...
Partial Discharge Testing of Power Cables
A cable can pass a withstand test and still be dying. The withstand test proves it can hold voltage today. Partial discharge testing tells you whether it will still hold...
Partial Discharge Testing of Power Cables
A cable can pass a withstand test and still be dying. The withstand test proves it can hold voltage today. Partial discharge testing tells you whether it will still hold...
Reading TDR Waveforms: How to Tell a Joint from...
The TDR screen shows a waveform. To the experienced eye, it's a story of the cable's entire life — every splice, every repair, every weakness. To the untrained eye, it's...
Reading TDR Waveforms: How to Tell a Joint from...
The TDR screen shows a waveform. To the experienced eye, it's a story of the cable's entire life — every splice, every repair, every weakness. To the untrained eye, it's...
VLF vs DC Hipot: Choosing the Right Cable Commi...
Ask two cable engineers what the "right" field test for a newly laid 20 kV XLPE cable is, and you may get two different answers. One swears by VLF. The...
VLF vs DC Hipot: Choosing the Right Cable Commi...
Ask two cable engineers what the "right" field test for a newly laid 20 kV XLPE cable is, and you may get two different answers. One swears by VLF. The...
Velocity Factor: The Hidden 5% That Determines ...
Every cable fault locator engineer knows the embarrassment: the TDR says "the fault is at meter 780," you excavate at 780, and there's nothing there. The cable is fine at...
Velocity Factor: The Hidden 5% That Determines ...
Every cable fault locator engineer knows the embarrassment: the TDR says "the fault is at meter 780," you excavate at 780, and there's nothing there. The cable is fine at...