COVID-19 Response
Last updated: 01:43pm, 24th Mar 2020
As an essential service, Northpower’s priority is to keep the power and fibre broadband running for our customers, ensuring the ongoing reliability of our networks and the safety of our staff and community during this Level 4 response. Find out more about what to expect during this time and how to contact us.
Key features
10 x faster and with pinpoint accuracy, networks perform better with Northpower Acoustic Inspection Services.
Accuracy
Acoustic Inspection can accurately pinpoint the location of electrical discharge and defects, up to 18 months in advance of them becoming visually evident.
Reliability
Identification of defects allowing asset owners to manage condition based risk.
Benefits
SAIDI reductions resulting in operational savings and improved public safety - including a reduction of potential bush fire risk.
Capability
Acoustic Inspection provides state-of-the-art defect detection across electrical network assets.
Developed by EIS Global in Korea, Ultrasonic Inspection technology has been successfully used by KEPCO in Korea, with the collection of 14 million data points over eight years.
With close to 95% of the national network surveyed annually, pre-emptive rectification of the defects found has improved KEPCO’s SAIDI by 42%.
Speed
Our Acoustic Inspection technology runs at 10 x the speed of traditional methods, checking up to:
- 300 distribution poles/structures per day
- 30 - 50 transmission towers per day (depending on access)
- 2 - 4 substations per day (depending on size and distance)
Our Acoustic Inspection Services are a major step forward in inspection speed, accuracy and diagnostics for overhead networks. Explore all the details here.
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