Wood Pole Power Line

They are the backbone of overhead line construction and most of these poles are pressure treated with some type of preservative.

Wood pole power line. Efforts to move power lines underground often ignore that the cost to convert overhead lines to underground lines at five to 10 times that of comparable overhead construction using wood poles. It consists of one or more uninsulated electrical cables commonly multiples of three for three phase power suspended by towers or poles. Since most of the insulation is provided by the surrounding air overhead power lines are generally the least. There are some 160 to 180 million wood utility poles in service in the us.

Choosing a pole treated with an appropriate wood preservative for the environment can save a utility time frustration and money. An overhead power line is a structure used in electric power transmission and distribution to transmit electrical energy across large distances. Such supports are cheap easily available provide insulating properties and therefore are widely used for distribution purposes in rural areas as an economic proposition. You can choose from multiple treatment levels and your poles may be custom cut or drilled to save you time on your job site we deliver wood poles nationwide in truckload quantities.

These are made of seasoned wood sal or chir and are suitable for lines of the moderate x sectional area and of relatively shorter spans say upto 50 metres.