Monthly Archives: September 2013
Each year, millions of people and thousands of businesses are impacted by underground cable system failures. IMCORP is dedicated to advancing the understanding of how these failures occur and more importantly, how they can be avoided.
Sep 23 2013
Residual Semicon Under a Cable Termination
By: IMCORP
IEEE 386 Non-Compliant While performing a Factory Grade® assessment for a utility client, IMCORP detected sub-standard partial discharge (PD) activity in URD cable elbow termination. After the assist crew cleaned and applied dielectric ... Read ArticleSep 20 2013
Invisible Semicon Damage Near at Termination
By: IMCORP
IEEE 386 Non-Compliant While performing a Factory Grade® assessment, IMCORP found partial discharge(PD) activity near a separable connector (T-body) termination. Visual inspection of the termination showed no indication of a problem. Th... Read Article