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Substation Equipment: Potheads

Potheads
A type of insulator with a bell or pot-like shape used to connect underground electrical cables to overhead lines. It serves to separate the bunched-up conductors from one another in the cable to the much wider separation in the overhead line. It also seals the cable end from the weather. Potheads are mounted on a distribution pole and the assembly is called a riser pole.

Figure 1. Three conductor potheads on pole
Figure 1. Three conductor potheads on pole
Figure 2. Three conductor pothead
Figure 2. Three conductor pothead 		Figure 3. Potheads on pole
Figure 3. Potheads on pole
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