TransGard: Prevention of Power Outages
TransGard fences deliver a mild electric shock that deters climbing animals but does not harm...
Each year, TransGard names the five worst substation outages caused by climbing animals.
For 2014, the list includes dangerous, expensive and inconvenient outages at US substations:
While squirrels continue to top the list of offenders when it comes to animal-caused outages, snakes, raccoons, possums and foxes were all responsible for major substation damage.
These outages represent a small fraction of the actual number of outages at US substations.
TransGard Systems, which has installed patented animal-prevention fencing at more than 2,500 substations, tracks outages across North America.
TransGard fences deliver a mild electric shock that deters climbing animals but does not harm...
Substations across the US have seen an increase in the number of raccoon-related outages.Recent outages...
TransGard Systems has unveiled a new control centre for its substation fencing, the industry's leading...
Every year, climbing animals that find their way into US substations cause power outages that...