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8 Ways Birds Can Get Electrocuted on Overhead Transmission Lines

Birds often interact with overhead transmission lines in ways that, unfortunately, can result in electrocution.

How important is it for the surface of insulators to be hydrophobic? RTV coating makes insulators impermeable.

What happens if an electrical insulator is unable to repel water? it is essential that the insulator can prevent electric current.

RTV Coating for Energized Conditions and What Does it Makes it so Reliable

Protect your line against flashovers without needing to shut it down with Flashover Insulators RTV Coating for energized conditions.

Wildlife-related Outages – Electrocution and Flashovers

Wildlife-related incidents on power systems has been increasing year by year. These uncontrollable events cause massive impact in terms...

High Voltage Insulator – Importance, Degradation and Maintenance

Insulators posses major and critical role in the electrical system. Insulators impede the flow of current from the line to the tower and...

Dealing with Corrosion Problems in Electrical Substation Equipment

Electrical substations are critical components of the power grid, ensuring the efficient transmission and distribution of electricity. To...

Unexpected Animal Encounters in the Electrical System

Electricity in this present time plays a major role in powering homes, businesses, buildings and industries globally. Living on the same...

Bird Electrocution: A Barrier to Avian Life

Bird electrocution: causes and solutions

Doble's Paper of the Month: RTV Coating

Read, watch and download the presentation about Room Temperature Vulcanizing (RTV) Silicone Coating

Mitigation Measures for Powerline-related bird mortality

New mitigation measures and improved designs to reduce the risk of electrocution on pylons have been made possible by this fundamental work.

Bird Electrocution on Power Lines

One significant concern that accompanies the establishment of medium and high voltage networks is bird electrocution. This issue...

Bird wingspan versus space between power lines

Power lines that have been implemented without safety measures are causing multiple bird mortalities from different species. According to...

CORROSION – NATURE AND PREVENTION

Environmental factors contribute to the process of corrosion of material especially when the key elements are present such as oxygen or...

ANIMAL-INDUCED OUTAGES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

Animal-related outages run the gamut from momentary disturbances to long-term outages. Major portions of substations can be tripped offline,

Different types of High Voltage Insulators

Types of High Voltage Insulators

Power lines: Major threat to migratory birds

One of the reasons why power outages occur is due to bird migration. During a certain season, birds migrate to move from areas of low or...

Success Story: Animal outage protection in Hungary

Midsun IKM come up with a solution for the arising issues on power outages in Hungary due to aviation. Imad Kanouni, Midsun IKM CEO,...

What is causing your power outage?

Shockingly the reason behind hundreds or thousands of power outages are animals interfering with electrical equipment.

Bird electrocution on High Voltage networks

Electrocution is a big threat to many bird species around the world. In plain English, it occurs when the bird encounters the High...

Corrosion in power distribution: how to avoid it?

Corrosion can be an aesthetic issue, but there is a high chance that it will also negatively affect the performance of a device or power...