Voltage detection and indication by electric field measurement

Author

McNulty, William

Author_Institution

HD Electric Company, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Reliably detecting and measuring high voltage on distribution and transmission voltage power lines is vitally important to the jobs performed by electric utility linemen. These jobs get done more quickly and safely when the voltage detection and measurement equipment is also convenient and easy to use. The most convenient equipment is usually a single terminal device which operates without a direct connection to ground. These single terminal voltage detectors and indicators are now more reliable and more accurate thanks to advances in electric field measurement.

Keywords

electric variables measurement; power distribution lines; power transmission lines; voltage measurement; electric field measurement; electric utility linemen; high voltage measurement; single terminal device; transmission voltage power lines; voltage detection; Conductors; Detectors; Electric fields; Electrodes; Sensitivity; Voltage measurement; Voltage; accuracy; detection; field; ground; indication; single terminal;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance (ESMO), 2011 IEEE PES 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Providence, RI

ISSN

2152-985X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0566-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDCLLM.2011.6042235

Filename

6042235