Category Archives: Solar
Each year, millions of people and thousands of businesses are impacted by underground cable system failures. IMCORP is dedicated to advancing the understanding of how these failures occur and more importantly, how they can be avoided.
Dec 21 2017
Water Trees Don't Fail Cable
By: Ben Lanz and Bill Corrente
Posted in: Wind, Utility, Solar, Renewable, Generation, Facility, Cable
Water Trees Don't Fail Cable Decades ago we learned from many of the leading industry experts that water trees fail cable and we believed this industry myth until we collected cable performance data using the IMCORP Factory Grade&re... Read ArticleJun 09 2017
Termination Damaged but Passed by VLF Test
By: Ben Lanz and Bill Corrente
Posted in: Workmanship, Wind, Utility, Solar, Renewable, Generation
Termination Damaged but Passed by VLF Test Our utility client asked us to commission cable systems at a new generation facility after experiencing several termination failures. The installation contractor had already tested the cable syste... Read ArticleJul 30 2012
Stone in Cable 176m (578ft) from Termination
By: Ben Lanz and Bill Corrente
Posted in: Backfill, Cable, Facility, Generation, Renewable, Solar, Utility, Wind, Workmanship
IMCORP’s Factory Grade® assessment discovered a substandard location while commissioning the cable systems at a generation facility. The client used IMCORP’s Location Matching service to pinpoint the defect location. N... Read Article