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Insulators' ageing in North America - How about testing them?
Roping Electrical Equipment
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Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer Crossarms 5th Percentile Design Strength Value Development
Introduction
In 2007, the National Electric Safety Code (NESC) standards committee adopted composite poles, crossarms, and braces into the code. This action was significant in mandating the composite electrical structures manufacturing industry to publish their design strength values to a 5% Lower Exclusion Limit (LEL). We published a white paper that creates transparency for the utility engineer, in that it describes the test methods, test setup, statistical calculations and relevant standards utilized to generate 5th...
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