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Underground Lead Covered Power And Control Cables

04/16/2011 1:33 PM

Any expert/engineer familiar with oil and gas industry can tell us if it is permitted to use Underground lead covered power cables for example: .6/1KV, cu, XLPE/LC/PVC/SWA/PVC considering the envirnmental and health impact of LEAD. Any comment or standard for referance?
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04/16/2011 4:18 PM

If there is any problem with the lead sheath it's use would have been stopped years ago. If so I would have to take 100's of cables I've installed out.

Now it's a lead based alloy of some form, it still plumbs like pure lead.

If you look at the construction of a modern cable the lead is surrounded with tarred hessian and two layers of PVC.

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04/16/2011 4:38 PM

Tonys

Thks for your answer , but could you advise name and address of some manufacturers and users? web sites if any, are ideal.
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04/17/2011 3:07 PM

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Could you tell brief specification and the standard applicable of cables you have installed and where about?
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04/16/2011 10:53 PM

Have a look on Google

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04/17/2011 12:23 AM

As Tonys stated, I have 1000's of feet of this all over the place in several Counties in NY. It is a non issue in the US. As for MFG's, google XLPE and you will find several MFG's in the US.

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04/17/2011 4:03 PM

Any idea why and where you need cabels with Lead covering, ie. what makes it necessary to use cables with Lead covering, to protect from what ? and for which locations ? i.e. Mines, oil and gas , ptrochemical industry....?
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04/18/2011 1:49 PM

All industries, especially distribution.

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