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11 KV Line Guarding

Line supports are used to hold electrical conductors safely above the ground. For 11kV lines, steel, RCC, or PSCC poles are commonly used. Guarding is installed below lines at crossings to prevent broken live conductors from contacting other utilities, roads, or people. The guarding consists of two bearer wires connected by cross-lacing wires and is grounded at both ends to quickly deactivate the line if it touches the guarding. Cradle guarding is used for horizontal line formations, while cage guarding is used for vertical formations on low voltage lines.

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11 KV Line Guarding

Line supports are used to hold electrical conductors safely above the ground. For 11kV lines, steel, RCC, or PSCC poles are commonly used. Guarding is installed below lines at crossings to prevent broken live conductors from contacting other utilities, roads, or people. The guarding consists of two bearer wires connected by cross-lacing wires and is grounded at both ends to quickly deactivate the line if it touches the guarding. Cradle guarding is used for horizontal line formations, while cage guarding is used for vertical formations on low voltage lines.

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Line support

The function of line support (pole) is to


support the line conductors at a safe
distance from ground.
For 11 kV usually steel, RCC,
PSCC line supports are used.

Single poles or double poles


with line pin or disc strain
insulators are used in lines.
H pole supports are used as
angle towers, start or end
terminal towers or towers of
tee-off or towers for crossing
of river, LT line or road or
rail. For crossing when
clearance and mechanical
strength requirements are
high special 11 m height RCC
or steel rail poles are used.
A guarding is provided for the safety of
human life, installation, and communication
circuits. The guarding for 11 KV lines, by a
cradle below the main electric line is provided
at road crossings or canal crossings or railway
crossing or crossing over LT lines or
communication lines.
Guarding prevents contact of accidentally
broken live line conductor with other electric
lines, telephone or telegraph lines, railway
lines, roads and persons or animals and
carriages moving along the railway line or road.
With guarding immediately after a live
conductor breaks it falls and touches earthed
cradle guard of G.I. wires before going down
further. This, in turn, trips the circuit breakers or
blow fuses provided for the H.T. / L.T. lines. The
electric power in the conductor or the line is cut
off and danger
Guarding is nottorequired
any livingforobject is averted.
crossings of 66 KV and
higher voltage lines where the transmission
line is protected by fast acting relay operated
circuit breaker of modern design with a tripping
time of even less than the order of 0.25 sec.
from occurrence of fault to its clearance.
Cradle/ Cage guard:
Crossing of HT line and road/rail/other line
should be preferably at right angle and not less
than 600. Crossing span should be less than 80%
of normal span.
In case the lines cross over the other lines or
buildings, safe minimum vertical and horizontal
clearances of guard wires respectively 12 ft and
6 ft should be maintained for 11 kV.
Minimum height between any guard wire and
live crossing-conductor shall not be less than 1.5
m in 11 kV and 2.44 m in 33 kV.
As per IER (Indian Electricity Rule) 88, all metal
supports of overhead lines and metallic fitting
attached with guarding shall be permanently
and effectively earthed at each ends at which
electrical continuity is broken..
The guard wires should be made of the same
material GI as used for earth wire. Every guard
wire is connected with earth at both ends.
Guard wire should have sufficient cross section
area or current-carrying capacity without
fusing till supply of line is cutoff by protection
system to ensure the circuit rendering dead.
Cradle guard:
Cradle guarding is provided
when the conductors are in
horizontal or delta formation as
in the case of 11 KV lines.

Conductors of LT line crosses a road or a


railway line are also in the horizontal formation,
so cradle guard is provided for such crossing.

Cage guarding is provided on LT


lines with vertical formation.
Cradle guard: The guarding is provided by GI
wires below line conductors on road
crossing.
The cradle guarding consists of two GI
bearer/cage/cradle wires strung between the
two line supports and GI Cross-lacings
connecting two-bearer wires at definite
intervals.
The bearer fixed to the guarding cross-arms on
line supports by means of threaded eyebolts for
proper tightening. In minor L.T. lines, two guard-strips
on either side are normally used with single G.I. wire
cross-lacing on either side, as a measure of economy.
H pole of 11 meter height are
used on both sides of road
or other crossing with horizontal
cross arms and horizontal three
line conductors.
The vertical distance between cross
arms of line conductors and
guarding wires on pole are 650 mm
for 11 kV and 840 mm for 33 kV.
The minimum ground clearance of
guard wire is maintained as 6.1m
and 6.4 m respectively
The guarding consists of 2 G.I.,
bearer (guard/cradle) wires strung
between the two line supports.

Cage guard / cradle guard


shall be made of 6 SWG GI
wire confirming to IS 2633.

The vertical distance between line conductor and guarding


wire in mid span is 1220 mm in HT and 610 mm in LT..
G.I. cross-lacings wires
connect two-bearer wires
at definite intervals. For
lacing, netting, stretching
and jointing of cage 10/12
SWG GI wire is used.
The first lacing at both sides
should be at 750 mm from poles and other
lacings are spaced 2 meter from each other.
In minor L.T. lines, only two
guard-strips 600 mm long on
either side are normally used
with single G.I. wire cross-
lacing on either side, as a
measure of economy.

Binding of guard wires and


lacing is done by 14/16 SWG
GI wire.
Cage guarding is provided on LT lines with
vertical formation. The guard should be
made of the same GI material as used for
earth wire. In LT lines, the guard is
connected with the neutral and insulated
from the earth by means of porcelain reel.
In case of breaking of line conductor and
touching the cage guarding wire a short
circuit fault will occur between line and
neutral to blow line fuse or trip circuit
breaker and ensure safety.
Due to electrification of
railway-tracks nowadays,
11 KV & L.T. crossings have
to be through under-
ground cables.
Due to cost reduction and
technology development
AB Aerial Bunched cables
are now a days used for all
type of crossings in place
of overhead conductors.

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