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What are you doing? The first step in ordering high voltage parts.

As a distributor of high voltage parts, we take a lot of orders. If you’ve ordered from us before, you might have heard us first ask, “What are you doing?” It’s a simple question but an important one. How does this question help you? Because of our many years of experience, we can look at […]

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Insulating Your Utility Equipment: A Look at the Evolution of Insulator Materials

The materials used in insulators and insulation equipment for high voltage transmission and distribution applications continue to evolve–after all, did you know insulators have been around since the late 1700’s when they originally supported the telegraph industry? In the beginning, engineers experimented with many different materials to try to create the ultimate insulator- they experimented

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When Lightning Strikes: Do You Have a Lightning Protection Solution?

Utilities in general need to plan for all different kinds of situations and events. Some of them more critical than others. A lightning strike is one of those potentially catastrophic events that need to be planned for. The correct planning and equipment can turn disaster into practically routine. And while some geographic areas see very

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Arrested Development: Trends in the Market for Arrester Equipment

Arresters perform an important function within the utility grid, namely they prevent the over electrification or power surge in a component of the network, whether high-voltage, medium-voltage, or low-voltage component. Different types of surge arresters serve different voltage levels and use cases. In this blog post we cover 2 current trends in the market. Metal

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The Need for Speed in the Delivery of High Voltage Products

With any complex, large-scale high-voltage project it’s key to be able to source and procure materials for your project as fast as possible. Waiting or delaying a project because the materials haven’t arrived can cut into your project bottom line and can have serious effects on its overall workflow. Partnering with a prompt, responsive and

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The Cooper Envirotran Transformer: More Than Meets the Eye

We like to help keep our private sector and electrical utility customers up to date on the options they have for electrical utility projects. This week we are going to introduce you to the Envirotran Transformer: a new transformer technology that can be used to address the challenge of meeting power needs in in regions

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5 Tips for Better Inventory Management

Well-managed inventory has multiple benefits for private sector and electrical utilities companies, allowing you to better service your customers, adapt to changing market conditions more rapidly, take advantage of opportunities and reduce your carrying costs, labour costs, rent and capital expenditures. With this in mind, we’ve put together the following tips to help you optimize

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