Based on their understanding of the importance of a healthy and reliable cable network, distribution system operators (DSOs) strive to meet two major objectives: minimize maintenance costs while ...

As established in Part 1, you must test medium-voltage (MV) cables to know their condition because of the many factors that can cause premature cable failure. Those failure factors include: • ...

A large portion of the time that electricity consumers are annually without power is caused by failures in medium-voltage power cables and their accessories (often the splices), especially in areas ...

Testing medium-voltage (MV) cables with the high-potential (hi-pot) test is typically part of a MV cable testing program. In Part 4, we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of the DC version of ...