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APPLICATION:
Many utilities have a problem when squirrels get on
power lines. The squirrels run up to insulators and provide a
short circuit to ground across the insulator.
Environmentally this is hard on the squirrels and
expensive to the utility's equipment. The new SQUIRREL GUARD
marker is designed to prevent squirrels from reaching transformers
and sub-stations by providing a freely rotating sphere on the line
to prevent squirrels from going any further on the line.
The 9" diameter sphere has teflon bearing surfaces
that will allow the sphere to rotate underthe weight of a squirrel
and thus prevent the squirrel from reaching vital insulators. The
sphere is held in position on the line by wrapping rubber
stripping around the line up to 1 1/2" positioned 1/2" outside of
the sphere diameter, per drawing.
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