PG&E is running a TV ad campaign touting some infra-red power line fault detection system. Does anyone have info on this? I am wondering if I should add it to my arsenal of power line noise diagnosti
Check out: Infrared Thermography and Distribution System Maintenance http://www.maintenanceworld.com/Articles/leboldJ/utility_boldstar.pdf and Electrical Systems http://www.infraredsolutions.com/html
rick, you ought to see the size of the crater they dig out and haul off when one of the old ones boils over or blows. everyone wears full enviro bunny suits, looks like al Quada has hit again. costs
I think the power co employee that said that about transformers was possible a little unhappy. IR is used by power companies to detect poor current carrying connections as well as detection of insula
Rick, A deeper look into the field of using 'camera imagery' for location of potential faults or actual 'faults' in overhead line gear result in this interesting find: Corona Camera http://www.specia
The 'piece de resistance' and a case study all in one: Radio Interference (RI) Case Study by: David Shields The Complaint: Radio Interference This case study is about resolving a radio interference (
Oops - that last e-mail got away from me before I had a chance to put the URL in! http://www.seeing-corona.com/UGM2004_1.html The 'piece de resistance' and a case study all in one: Radio Interference
Back around 1992 or so I saw what looked like a rocket or mortar shell fireball in Burleson, TX. It turned out to be a pole transformer shorting out and all the oil igniting at once. Someone had left
IR cameras are a very useful feature to detect connections that are getting hot, due to contact resistance increase. Almost all the source of HF RFI is sparking noise caused by current "arcing" over
A very small percentage of power line rfi sources are related to the primary conductor, except the induced voltage created by the primary. This field of voltage induced into hardware on the pole is c