Summary

With a view to preventing failures this documents serves to describe how critical damage can occur in the field and the measures that should be taken to avoid such damage. Typical problems are illustrated to show the defects that can be introduced by inappropriate treatment and construction practices, to indicate the possible long term effects of such defects and to assist in their identification to facilitate the rigourous inspection of composite insulators prior to line commissioning.

Additional informations

Publication type Technical Brochures
Reference 184
Publication year
Publisher CIGRE
Study committees Overhead lines (B2)
Working groups WG 22.03
File size 14 MB
Pages number 25
Price for non member 60 €
Price for member Free
Composite insulator handling guide
Composite insulator handling guide