High voltage wildlife protection cover having skirts for increasing effective surface distance
AssigneeEco Electrical Systems
InventorMichael Lynch
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Abstract
For protecting wildlife from high voltage conductors, dielectric covers are used to cover fuse cutouts, bushings, solid-blade disconnects, lightning arrestors, or other high voltage components. To increase a vertical surface distance between the top of the cover and the bottom of the cover, a plurality of protruding skirts are molded into the cover. The cover is formed of two molded halves, which are later affixed together. To prevent water entering the junction between the two halves, one half is formed with a lip that overlaps the edge of the other half. Retaining pins secure the cover in place.
Claims19
A wildlife protection device for a high voltage power system comprising:
- a dielectric cover configured to shroud at least a portion of a high voltage component, the cover being configured to have a top and bottom when shrouding the high voltage component,
- the cover having a plurality of substantially horizontal skirts, in its intended operating orientation, the skirts being vertically spaced from one another, at least one of the skirts extending along a majority of a horizontal circumference of the cover in the same horizontal plane as the at least one of the skirts, to increase a vertical surface leakage distance between the top and bottom of the cover to increase the cover's insulating properties.
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