Mar 11, 2020 - Understanding Electrical Utility Poles | Electrical / Utility Pole Manufacturer

Utility Poles serve many functions to bring efficient energy into your home. Building and planning projects centred around them can be a challenging task, as there are many variables to consider.

 

 

Trusting Novapole to help you understand this process should be your first step. We’re an electrical utility pole manufacturer focused on delivering high quality, cost-effective volumes of infrastructure poles for public spaces. We’ll go over the importance of utility poles and how they can help.

 

 

 

What are Utility Poles?

Nova Pole manufactures three high-quality utility poles for outdoor use: transmission, distribution, and substation structures. These are designed to meet high standards and customer specifications. Each one varies in size and function and has varying degrees of power storage. 

Few utility poles are used for just one purpose and are managed in their own space for safety and performance issues. Poles that house multiple services, like power, telephone, and cable, are covered by strict safety rules that separate the utilities spatially.

Utility poles such as a Dead End Transmission Pole handle various single or multi-circuit dead-end applications. A Distribution Riser Pole provides transitions from underground cables to lines above. Substation structures hold up to 500 kv of voltage and are ideal for large scale operations.

 

 

 

What Makes Up the Utility Pole?

Utility Poles start with the supply space where the primary lines are located and responsible for distributing high voltage with the secondary circuits.

The space near the ground is reserved for low-voltage utilities and is called the communications space. Between the supply area and the communication zone is the neutral space. It’s where telecommunication and cable workers safely conduct maintenance and create connections for service.

The primary and secondary wiring exists along with the supply space and all the safety and distribution tools. You’ll often see these cross arms near the top of a typical pole, which resembles stout wooden timbers attached to the pole and braced diagonally. These help keep the wires of the primary circuits separated.

The supply zone is also where the safety gear is placed. To protect from short circuits, cutout fuses like transformers are often embedded between distribution lines and secondary tools.

 

 

 

 

Who Works on Utility Poles?

Real people build and maintain the electrical grid and risk their safety whenever they work on these electrical utility poles. These poles run the energy required to power homes and all the things we use. 

Lineworkers are the front-end workers we all see on top of utility poles, checking to make sure everything is operational. Through rain, snow, and sleet, lineworkers undertake a physical and mentally demanding work to make sure power is restored. 

Circuit managers handle the behind-the-scenes actions and play just as an important role as the lineworkers. They are often the ones that handle calls and complaints from the community and are the human face of several companies.

 

 

 

Here’s How to Learn More 

Novapole is a Canadian company that designs, markets, and manufactures a variety of tubular steel lighting towers and poles. If you would like more information on our products, visit us on our website or contact us through our web form.