Electric Cable Spiking Tool
Cable spikers spiking tools cable spikers manufactured by accles shelvoke use cartridges which when fired drive a steel spike into mv hv electric cables to achieve a short circuiting of the power supply and ensure the cable is dead de energised the medium high voltage cable is then electrically safe and proven dead to conduct routine maintenance.
Electric cable spiking tool. The acvoke cable spikers manufactured by frontmatec accles shelvoke ltd are high quality and durable safety tools used worldwide in the electrical distribution sector. Spike tool is designed to be operated remotely at a distance of approximately 35 feet to prevent potential injury. Bowthorpe cable spikers should only be used by competent personnel fully trained in the use of high voltage electrical safety and test equipment the instructions are not meant as a replacement for the necessary correct training or site health and safety code when working on medium high voltage electrical cable and distribution systems. The spiking gun itself.
Spike tool is a portable low velocity charge actuated device which pushes a 2 spike into a single conductor cable to help line and cable personnel verify that it is de energized prior to cutting. The cable spiker s cartridge design allows the user to remotely drive a chisel shaped spike through the power cable short circuiting the power and rendering the cable dead. The acvoke cable spikers manufactured by accles shelvoke ltd are high quality and durable safety tools used worldwide in any industries throughout the world including electrical supply railway construction military government and oil and gas. This in particular cable is a 4core 75mm and it was providing a supply for a db which was made redundant as that part of the site was removed.
The purpose of spiking a cable is the last test to prove its dead and safe to work on. Bowthorpe f cste cable spiker is a robust and reliable tool which is comprised of a hand operated hydraulic pump connected by a fully insulated hose normally 5 5 m although longer lengths can be supplied on request to a hydraulic ram which carries the diamond shaped chisel cable spike. Manufactured by accles shelvoke ltd in england the cable spiker safety tool is a high quality durable safety tool used worldwide to positively ground out a wide array of power cables. The accles shelvoke cable spiking tool for use on mv hv power cables with single or 3 cores unarmoured or armoured swa enables the cable jointer to remotely drive a chisel shaped spike into the sheath and through the power cable this effectively short circuits the power supply and confirms the cable to be de energised dead.