IN a paper entitled “Eddy Current Losses in Single-Conductor Paper-Insulated Lead-Covered Un-armoured Cables of a Single-Phase System“(J. Inst. Elec. Eng., 89, Pt. 2, No. 12 ; December 1942), Dr. A. H ...

Lead does not break down over time and so accumulates in soil, but not much federal testing or scientific research has focused on the potential risks coming from lead-sheathed telephone cables. READ ...

E. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing will begin taking orders for its fault indicator for paper-insulated lead cable (PILC) at the end of the third quarter. E. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing will begin taking ...

IN the Bell Laboratories Record of January, Mr. R. P. Ashbaugh describes how the lead sheath of a buried electric cable can be protected against soil corrosion. These buried cables have been used ...

As DC high-potential testing starts to show its age, test methods recommended by IEEE are ready to fill the void For many years, high-voltage DC testing has been the traditionally accepted method to ...

The Centre has declined to ban Indian power and transmission utilities from using high-voltage power cables containing toxic chemical — lead — while laying the underground transmission lines. The CII ...