Abandoned Underground Power Cable at Station
Abandoned Underground Power Cable at Station
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HI all,
Can someone share your practice of dealing with abandoned underground feeder cables from substation to raiser poles on street, which the cable cannot be pulled out due to the ruptured ducts.
Thanks
Can someone share your practice of dealing with abandoned underground feeder cables from substation to raiser poles on street, which the cable cannot be pulled out due to the ruptured ducts.
Thanks






RE: Abandoned Underground Power Cable at Station
RE: Abandoned Underground Power Cable at Station
condition."
So abandoned lines are not truly abandoned, they must still be maintained.
RE: Abandoned Underground Power Cable at Station
stevenal, the cable cannot be removed without big excavation work due to the rupture of the duct somewhere don't know.
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RE: Abandoned Underground Power Cable at Station
Coming out of a substation, there may be a concern about transfered GPR potentials during a ground fault if you ground the cable at either end.
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Bill
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try pulling the cores out one at a time with a Tirfor Winch similar device.
It worked for a scrap copper thief that pulled the 120mmm2 copper cores out of a redundant underground swa cable.
Mind you, he had a steam locomotive at his disposal!
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"There are no jobs to big, just machines that are to small."
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Regards,
Lyle