Hardware Redesign Makes a Big Impact

摘要

The combination of heavy wind and ice loading and the standard clevis design resulted in damage to more than 90% of neutral wires. When something works, it hardly pays to change it. For decades, utilities across the United States have relied on a standard, basic design for the neutral clevis. While this design worked well for most of the industry, it did not work well for Alliant Energy's customers in Iowa and Wisconsin.