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CHANCE® Live-Line Tools: Wireholders, Sheaves, and Insulating Jibs

CHANCE® Live-Line Tools: Wireholders, Sheaves, and Insulating Jibs

Line crews rely on quality tools daily to perform their tasks safely and efficiently. Insulated...

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Enhance Safety During Live-Line Maintenance With Barry D.E.W. Line® Insulating Tag Lines

Enhance Safety During Live-Line Maintenance With Barry D.E.W. Line® Insulating Tag Lines

Barry D.E.W. Line Insulating Tag Lines have many applications during live-line maintenance....

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Hubbell Polymer Deadend Insulators: The Industry Go-To

Hubbell Polymer Deadend Insulators: The Industry Go-To

What does it take for a product to become a market leader in the electrical power market? It takes...

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Identify the Cause of Guy Anchor Misalignment in 3 Easy Steps

Identify the Cause of Guy Anchor Misalignment in 3 Easy Steps

When anchors go sideways The bending stress and lateral load induced when an anchor is misaligned...

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How to Prevent Corrosion with ArmorGalv® Thermal Diffusion Galvanizing Coating

How to Prevent Corrosion with ArmorGalv® Thermal Diffusion Galvanizing Coating

Common Corrosion Prevention Methods Corrosion attacks steel parts every day, beginning the moment...

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Eliminate Outage Risks at Deadends

Eliminate Outage Risks at Deadends

Preventing wildlife contact is a priority for utilities, since up to 20% of power outages are...

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Best Practices for Personal Protective Temporary Grounding Procedures

Best Practices for Personal Protective Temporary Grounding Procedures

In the event of a fault, current will seek any and every available path to ground during...

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Hubbell’s Proprietary ESP™ Polymer Explained

Hubbell’s Proprietary ESP™ Polymer Explained

Enhanced Silicone Polymer

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A look at silicone compounds for HV insulators: Testing performance

A look at silicone compounds for HV insulators: Testing performance

We talked previously about the science behind compounding superior silicone rubber for polymer...

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Why silicone for HV insulators: Silicone compounds explained

Why silicone for HV insulators: Silicone compounds explained

Not all silicone is the same. It’s a chemistry thing. Silicone rubber is a mixture of many...

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Not All Polymer is Created Equal: Discover Hubbell’s Proprietary Compounds

Not All Polymer is Created Equal: Discover Hubbell’s Proprietary Compounds

Polymer compounding for utility electrical equipment is a complex subject. Too often, insulators...

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4 Advantages of Fiberglass Brackets for Utilities

4 Advantages of Fiberglass Brackets for Utilities

Utility brackets for distribution lines are primarily used in two ways. One is for conductor...

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The Evolution of Transmission and Distribution Insulators

The Evolution of Transmission and Distribution Insulators

Brief History of Materials Used in High Voltage Insulator Construction As the power grid continued...

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5 Ways Animals Cause Fires and How Wildlife Covers Can Help

5 Ways Animals Cause Fires and How Wildlife Covers Can Help

Looking at recent data from California utilities, about one in ten ignition causes can be traced...

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Fire Protection Coating: How to Protect Wooden Utility Poles from Wildfires

Fire Protection Coating: How to Protect Wooden Utility Poles from Wildfires

Utilities recognize that wooden poles are vulnerable to fire. However, replacing millions of wooden...

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