Electrical substations utilize direct lightning ... and down conductors tied to a grounding system. Lightning arresters, or surge arresters, are also used. These do not permit electrical flow ...

SLEMCO officials say the equipment "did its job" and lessened the impact after lightning hit a transmission line ...

These spring-like structures are known as lightning arresters, and they ensure smooth power delivery when a power line is struck by lightning. You may have noticed how using very long wires ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH (KPEL) — Friday afternoon, SLEMCO reported that 12,000 customers were without power due to a transmission outage. Not only were thousands of customers without power but SLEMCO's ...

Substations must have an extensive grounding ... high-side lines on tower with surge arrestors on each phase. Source: Adbobestock, by [JJ Gouin] One way to tell the high-side and low-side lines ...

On November 21, the State Grid Bortala Power Supply Company successfully installed lightning arresters on the 110 ... providing electricity to traction substations. This line traverses the rugged ...

DURING the last five years an investigation has been made of the discharge currents of a number of 38,000-volt lightning arresters. The transmission system on which these arresters were installed ...