Stokbord Cable Cover Underground Cable Protection 33kV-EHV

By Chris Dodds on 22nd November, 2013

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Centriforce Stokbord cable covers provide heavy duty, high impact, underground cable protection for fibre optic, low voltage, high voltage (11kV, 22kV, 33kV, 66kV) and extra high voltage (132kV-400kV) power cable networks.

Stokbord cable covers are a heavy underground cable protection manufactured from high impact recycled polyethylene sheet designed to withstand damage from plant and tools.

Pictured: Stokbord Cable Cover Underground Cable Protection 33kV-EHV

Stokbord cable covers come as standard with a red background with yellow top tape containing the warning legend " Caution Electric Cable Below ".

Cable covers are fully jointed, laid overlapped and held firm with plastic jointing pegs - a direct replacement for concrete cable covers and steel plate.

Stokbord Cable Protection Covers - Benefits

• Provides clearest warning to third parties
• Cable covers can be custom made to suit cable trench applications
• Cable covers can be imprinted with bold warning text and logos

Typical Underground Cable Protection

1. Open trench
2. Place cable duct
3. Pour sand layer
4. Flatten sand layer
5. Lay Stokbord cable covers
6. Joint Stokbord cable covers with pegs
7. Add layer of sand / aggregate
8. Lay cable warning tape and make up to road surface

Stokbord cable covers are available printed to DNO specifications including :

• SSE Scottish & Southern Energy
• Scottish Power SP Energy Networks
• Electricity North West
• Northern Powergrid
• Western Power Distribution
• UK Power Networks
• NIE Northern Ireland Electricity

Video: Plastic Tiles and Covers for Underground Electricity Cable Protection

Further Reading:

• Cable Laying & Pulling - Installing LV-HV Cable In Duct (Part 1 of 2)
• Cable Laying & Pulling - Installing LV-HV Cable In Trench (Part 2 of 2)

 

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