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2013 Magazines

April 2013
3.60 MB	Page 3 - 10,000 Towers - The Rio Madeira Project in Brazil Page 5 - A Powerful New World Awaits You Page 6 - Grounding Video Updates Page 7 - Seismic Capabilities

2012 Magazines

December 2012
2.76 MB	p 2 - Introducing Unidirectional Corona Ring p 3 - Running Against the Wind p 4 - Hubbell Power Systems Welcomes Trinetics p 5 - An Open Invitation - Visit our Manufacturing Facilities in Centralia, MO p 6-7 - Got Aluminum? You Bet! p 8 - Tough Enough for any Soil p 10 - New Video on USA Anchors p 11 - Bushings and Test Terminials p 12 - Twin Tail Fuse Links p 13 - When Less Means More p 14 - VCBP6FT & VCBP63 Crimping Tools p 15 - The HEAT Team - Always Prepared
September 2012
2.67 MB	p 2 - Hubbell Outside Plant p 4-5 - A Rich History Like No Other p 6 - Safety and Surge Protection Wrapped Into One - Parkingstand Lightning Arrester 200 Amp 15kV p 7 - Contour-Cuff Gloves & Bell-Cuff Rubber Gloves p 8 - The Guardian of Historic Line Tools p 10 - Mission Critical Protection - Chance Cutouts p 11 - New Side Load Quadrant Deadend p 12-14 - Migrating to USCO® Center Break V Switches p 15 - True-Spec Anchors p 16-19 - Spent Fuse Links - Tips of the Trade
April 2012
2.03 MB	p 2-5 - Helical Piles - New Foundation Design Revives Collapsing 500kV Towers p 8 - SET-Terminal™ - Test Terminals p 9 - Full-Range ARVI with GO or NO-GO Simplicity p 10 - Leaving the Past Behind - Upgrading Surge Protection p 13 - Anti-Corrosion - 27kV Polymer Cutout p 14 - Tough. Secure. Convenient. We Have Easy Access Locked Down p 15 - Our AR Switch - The Original
January 2012
10.3 MB	p 2-5 - Protecta*Lite Arresters p 6 - SDC™ GSU Transformer Bushings / New Anderson™/Fargo® Formed Wire Connector Catalog p 7 - Ohio Brass® EVP Arrester p 8 - Transmission Foundations - Chance® Helical Foundations p 9 - Chance® Pole Support Anchoring p 10 - Ohio Brass® MVN Arrester / Chance® First & Only 27kV Polymer Cutout p 11 - You Thought All Secondary Pedestals Were the Same... Think Again p 12-15 - Chance® BP3 3-Phase Switches

2011 Magazines

April 2011
9.5 MB	p 2-3 - Surge Arrester Standards p 4 - Sustainable Solutions - We Have What's Needed p 5-7 - Special Orders Don't Upset Us p 8 - Available Now - Custom Finger Shapes p 9 - Updated Distribution Connector Catalog p 10-13 - Epoxiglass Insulated Jibs & Extensions p 14 - Grouted Rock Anchor - New Solution for Broken Rock/New Ohio Brass® Web Application Tool p 15 - TD Compare™/Help Eliminate Oil Proximity to Waterways
September 2011
8.8 MB	p 2-6 - Quick Fix for Frost Heave: Chance® Helical Piles p 7 - TowerPak® Kit - Transmission Line Hardware p 8 - SDC™ Solid Dialectric Bushings for Generators & Power Plants p 9 - Updated Anderson™/Fargo® Transmission & Substation Connector Catalog p 10-11 - Considerations for Loading Braced Line Posts p 12 - Ohio Brass® New 80K Lbs (300KN) Quadri*Sil® Insulators / Anderson® Updated EHV Substation Catalog p 13 - Anderson® Hydraulic Crimping Tools Offer Many Advantages / Chance® New Class 2 Rubber Blanket p 14 - Quazite® New Hubbell Electric Utility Enclosure Catalog / New Enclosures Line Card p 15 - Faster Installation with the Integral Jacket Seal Elbow

2010 Magazines

July 2010
4.5 MB	p 2-5 - Georgia Power Gets Clever with a Long Socket Clevis p 6-7 - Lightning Outage Protection is One PROTECTA*LITE Arester Away p 8 - PCORE Electric Test Terminals p 9 - New High Track Resistance (HTR) Arrester Bracket p 10 - Chance® Lineman Grade Grounding p 11-14 - Recloser Maintenance Goes From Three Years to Eight p 15 - Updated Ohio Brass Transmission Insulator Catalog/New Connectors & Fittings Transmission & Substation Catalog p 16 - Fiberglass Construction
March 2010
6.7 MB	p 2-5 - IEEE PES Tramsimission & Distribution Conference and Exposition p 6-9 - Your Source for the Industry's Widest Product Offering Hubbell® p 10-12 - The Benefits of USCO™ Switch Installation Training are Many Fold p 13 - Replace Silicon Carbide (SiC) Station Class Surge Arresters with Ohio Brass® MOV Arresters p 14-15 - When Nature Strikes, Stike Back with Fargo® p 16 - We Establised for you New Standard Marks of Anchor Excellence p 17 - Our Sysnthetic Fuse Tube Liner Delivers Value to your Cutouts p 18 - We've Updated the Hubbell Power Systems Web Site

2009 Magazines

November 2009
2.4 MB	p 2-4 - The Problem Solving Recloser p 5-7 - How to select the Right Underground Enclosure for the Job p 8-9 - PROTECTALITE Arrester Lightning Protection p 10 - FIberglass Guy Strains p 11 - Free Hubbell Calendar & New Label Tells it All p 12 - AR Switch & Two New Brochures p 14 - Rotating Ground Adapters for Reels p 15 - New VERILITE™ Universal Clamp p 16 - Updated Encyclopedia of Anchoring
July 2009
3.7 MB	p 2-4 - Wind, Ice and Lightning p 5 - Keep Your Guy Out of the Dirt p 6-7 - "Green" Action Not Words p 8-9 - CDR Polymer Concrete & Fiberglass Products p 10 - Free CDR & Transmission Posters p 11-13 - All Bolts are Not the Same p 14-15 - Where Research and Testing Serve Power p 16 - HUBBELL® Elbow Arrester- the right direction for safety
March 2009
4.6 MB	p 2-4 - Delivering Power From the Wind to the Western Grid p 5-7 - Versa-Tech® Recloser reduces maintenance and stock p 8-9 - We've expanded our switch offering. USCO Power Switches. p 10 - PCORE & ELECTRO COMPOSITES™ p 11 - Hubbell Storm Response Team Reinforces Service Reputation after Gustav, Hanna, Ike & Northeast Ice Storms p 12-13 - Hubbell Power Systems Aquires Three New Brands p 14-15 - New Pole Top Brackets for Post Insulators p 16-17 - We get it right the first time, On time... Hubbell Power Systems Customer Service p 18 - Hubbell Distribution Center Celebrates 10 Yr. Anniversary p 20 - Bolts More Than Ever

2008 Magazines

August 2008
4.7 MB	p 2-5 - ATCO Electric Chooses the Versa-Tech® Recloser p 6 - Introducing the Chance® Encyclopedia of Grounding p 7 - Qudri*Sil™ Insulators/Underground Products p 8-9 - Portland Cement Concrete or Polymer Concrete Enclosures... p 10-13 - Ohio Brass Braced Line Post Insulators Support New 161 kV Line p 14 - Fiberglass Construction p 15 - Pole Line Hardware p 16 - Optima Arresters
April 2008
1.8 MB	p 2-5 - IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution, Conference & Exposition p 5-7 - Switch Protects New Subdivision p 9-11 - New! Versa-Tech® Recloser p 12-13 - Improved! Temporary Cutout and Load Disconnect Tools p 14-15 - Nylon-Thread Crossarm Insulator Pins p 16 - Grounding Sets for Underground Switches and Transformers

2007 Magazines

November 2007
1.6 MB	p 2-3 - A Better Design. A Better Insulator. Quadri*Sil™ p 4-6 - Hubbell Products Help Harness the Wind p 7-9 - How to 'get-a-grip' on fuse links p 10 - The AR Switch for your wildlife protection needs p 11 - SAFETYSHIELD™ Hot Stick Barrier p 12-14 - National Performance Standard for Underground Enclosures p 15 - Now Available: Slack Blocks p 16 - PCORE Electric joins Hubbell Power Systems Family
July 2007
2.8 MB	p 2-4 - Recent Improvements in Distribution Surge Arrester Reliability p 5-8 - Hubbell Works with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro to Solve Transmission Lightning Problem p 9 - Authorized Repair Centers for Chance® Tools p 10-11 - New M3C Switch Installs Like a Cutout p 12 - Don't Risk Underground Enclosure Failure p 13-14 - New! Slip-Resistant Equi-Mat® Personal Protective Ground Grid p 15 - Now Available: The Centralia Wizard p 16 - Our Most Popular Speed Wrenches
January 2007
1.6 MB	p 2-3 - New! 900 Amp In-Line Switch p 4 - New! Bolt Cutters/New! Hand Line Block p 5 - Put Us To Work...Ohio Brass p 6 - New Fargo Products p 7 - New! SAFETYSHIELD™ Hot Stick Barrier p 8 -12 - Hubbell & Border States Stay Prepared for Emergencies p 13 - Renowned Chance Demonstrator Inducted Into Lineman's Museum p 14 - 15 - Some May Overlook Substations...We Don't p 16 - Quazite

2006 Magazines

August 2006
1.1MB	pp 2-4 - Quazite® Underground Enclosures and Pads p 5 - Fargo® HTJC High Temperature & Low Resistance Joint Compound p 6 - The Anderson® Advantage VS8-HTJC pp 7-8 - Barehanding 240 kV Taught in Chance® Live-Line Course pp 9-11 - Ohio Brass Develops Insulator for Specific Application pp 12-15 - Three-Phase Boom Lift Raises Work Efficiency pp 15 - Grip-All Clampsticks p 16 - Experience Other Utilities' Success with Sectionalizers
April 2006
1.1MB	pp 2-5 - 2006 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference p 6 - Free Ohio Brass Arrester Selector/Chance Paper Back Tool Catalog/Poster p 7 - Safety is Top Priority pp 8-10 - Branson Landing Project Requires Unique Engineering Solution pp 11 - New Transmission-Level Digital Phasing Testers pp 12-14 - Automated Gang Switches Keep Power Flowing to Generation Pumping Station pp 15 - Grip-All Clampsticks p 16 - Anderson Versa-Crimp®

2005 Magazines

November 2005
2.1 MB	p 2 - Our Response to Katrina, Ophelia & Rita p 3 - Our Emergency Response Team is Ready 24/7 pp 4-5 - New Veri*Lite Silicone Rubber Insulators pp 6-7 - Make Installing Bolted Connections With FARGO® Speed Wrenches Fast and Easy p 8 - The Short and Long of Telescoping Tools p 9 - LoadLooker Ammeter pp 10-11 - Meet the Terminators p 12 - Temporary Cutout Tools p 13 - Grounding Sets for Underground Switches and Transformers p 14 - Connector, Conductor, Selector Wheels p 15 - Good-to-Go Tester in a Box p 16 - PDV-100 Optima
April 2005
2.1 MB	pp 2-5 - Single-Pull Regulator By-Pass Switches p 6 - Ohio Brass Arresters p 7 - Deadend Redesign Simplifies Guy Wire Installation pp 8-9 - Transmission Products Hubbell® Has You Covered pp 10-11 - System Reliability Relies on Electronic Sectionalizers pp 12-13 - Fargo® Ground Rod Connector pp 14-15 - Safety Drives Utility's Control of Reclosers p 16 - Epoxiglas® Extension Arms

2004 Magazines

December 2004
1.5MB	pp 2-8 - New Arrester Enhances Performance PDV-100 Optima pp 9-10 - Patented* Grounding-Set Tester meets New ASTM Standard pp 12-13 - The Switch to Polymer Insulation p 14 - kV and 25 kV 200 Amp Feed-Thru Bushing Inserts p 15 - Fargo® New Automatic Guy Wire Deadend GDE 5100 Series p 16 - Anderson® Tools & Connectors
August 2004
1.1MB	pp 2-4 - Protecta*Lite Arresters reduce lighting outages to near zero on municipal 69-kV system p 4 - Updated Anderson EHV Substation Connectors Bulletin p 5 - New Anderson & Fargo Connector Catalogs p 5 - New 15/25kV 600A & 900A Deadbreak Junctions p 5 - Video Lending Library Now on CD p 6 - The best all around cover up equipment p 7 - Fargo Compression Clamp p 7 - Aluminum Bracket Terminator and Arrester pp 8-11 - Hubbell Power Systems Key to Massive Storm Response pp 12-15 - Chance® Tension Puller Switching Tool p 16 - New Anderson™ ASOD-570-1N
April 2004
1.1MB	pp 2-4 - Upgrade Quadruples 230kV Line Capacity p 5 - Updated Loadbreak Bushing pp 6-7 - Hi*Lite Polymer Insulators pp 8-9 - Hot-line Cargo Booms for Transmission Maintenance pp 10-11 - TOUGH ONE® Anchors p 11 - Nylon Spool Insulator p 13 - ACSR pp 14-15 - Walk-In Tool Trailers p 16 - Chance Cutout Cover Helps Line Personnel Safety

2003 Magazines

December 2003
965K	pp 2-4 - Water, ice and high winds force evacuation of 230kV line to higher ground p 4 - Catalog Cross Reference p 5 - New Copper Bonded Ground Rods pp 8-9 - Utilities Around The World Rely on Anderson Compression Tools pp 10-12 - MEAG Drastically Cuts Lightning Surge Outages p 13 - Cover Up for poles can be placed and removed from the ground pp 14-15 - Patented Grounding-Set Tester Meets New ASTM Standard p - 16 - Fargo Hi-Temperature and Low Resistance Joint Compound
August 2003
1.1MB	p 6 - Substation Solutions p 7 - Hubbell Web Site for Information pp 8-9 - Capstan Hoists Raise Productivitiy pp 10-11 - Switch to Polymer Insulation pp 13-14 - Oklahoma Utility Switches to Ohio Brass p 15 - Tower Kits Speed Construction p 16 - Customer Help Site
April 2003
803K	p 2 - Hubbell Type C-Polymer Cutouts pp 3-4 - Anatomy of the Type C-Polymer Cutout p 5 - Lighting protection for transmission lines pp 6-7 - Xcel Energy Dramatically Cuts Lightning Induced Trips pp 8-9 - Chance® Now 'Blankets' All Distribution Voltages p 10 - Hubbell Completes Acquisition of Coopper Pole Line Hardware Assets pp 11-12 - 250° C ACSS Anderson High-Temperature Suspension Clamps pp 13-15 - Industry Standards based on Chance® multi-helix anchor specs

2002 Magazines

August 2002
962K	pp 2-4 - Recloser By-Pass Switches pp 5-7 - Anderson, Fargo, Chance and Ohio Brass Transmission Products pp 8-9 - AR Switch Turns On Safety and Service for Idaho Power p 10 - Arrester favorably tested after seacoast installation p 11 - GDW 2000 Series p 12 - Our Emergency Response Team is Ready 24/7 p 13 - Distribution Product Poster p 14 - All-Angle Cog Wrenches p 15 - New Overhead and Underground sets help add worker safety p 16 Added Safety for Linemen SafeOp™ Tap Plug Protects Workers
May 2002
911K	pp 2-3 - Ohio Brass Insulators withstand the High Wind Test pp 4-6 - Ohio Brass polymers designed for use in contaminated areas pp 7-8 - New Arc-Quenching Fuse Tube Liner pp 9-10 - Big Job. Right Products. pp 11-12 - Battery-Powered Crimping Tool pp 13-15 - Optimum Design Choices from Fargo p 16 - When It's Transmission Go Hubbell

2001 Magazines

July 2001
1.4 MB	pp 2-3 - Choose Our Transmission Product Page pp 4-5 - Transmission Connectors Accomodate High Ampacity Conductors p 6 - Ohio Brass® Disconnector removes failed arrester from the line pp 7-9 - Total Support System for High Capacities with Fast Installation p 10 - Added-Value Aluminum Products pp 11-13 - The Terminators pp 14-15 - Popular Hookstick Switches now offered with polymer insulators
April 2001
970.1 KB	pp 2-4 - GDW 2000 Series Wedge Deadend p 5 - The Multi Cap Feature p 6 - HeliCAP™ Engineering Software p 7 - New PVIA Polymer Intermediate Arrester pp 8-9 - Your Source for Distribution Products pp 10-11 - Safer Cost Effective Wildlife Protectors p 12 - Guy to 100,000 LB. with Adjust-A-Grip pp 13-15 - Equi-Mat™ Personal Protective Ground Grid p 16 - Crossarm Cover Adjusts To Needs
January 2001
1.1 MB	pp 2-5 - To The Rescue Fargo Deadends, Chance Anchors and Ohio Brass Insulators p 6 - Electrical Maintenance & Testing p 7 - Hubbell Capacitor Racks pp 8-9 - Advantages of a One-Source Supplier pp 10-12 - Retrofit Porcelain with Polymer Units pp 13-14 - 10 Years of On-Line Experience with Chance Electronic Sectionalizers p 15 - Digital Testers p 16 - New Set of Class 4 Cover Up

2000 Magazines

May 2000
1.0MB	pp 2-3 - Using Riser Pole Arresters to Improve URD System Protection pp 6-7 - The Choice is Clear Anderson & Fargo pp 8-9 - Simple Grounding Solution Dedicated to Difficult Situations p 10 - Distribution Phasing Tester Kit p 11 - Hubbell Aluminum Platforms p 12 - VLS-2 Insulator p 14 - Truck Hitch-Receiver Mount for Capstan Hoists
January 2000
1.7MB	pp 2-3 - ProbLok® Connector is the answer! pp 4-5 - The Cost-Cutting Alternative to Bolted Deadend Clamps p 6 - Tools for any way you tackle temporary hot-line jumpering p 7- Aluminum Conduit Standoffs Adjust to Field Requirements pp 8-9 - Standard Construction Practices pp 10-11 - PROTECTALITE System is the Answer p 12 - Utility Combines Chance D7 Switch & OB ProtectaLite™ System pp 13-15 - Inside the AR Switch 'Shock-Absorber' Function p 16 - Hubbell TapMaster™

1999 Magazines

July 1999
1.4MB	pp 2-6 - Fast-Installing, Long Lasting Automation Ready Switch pp 7-9 - Surge Arresters for High Voltage Needs p 10 - Transmission Line Repair/Versa-Crimp® Tool Repair pp 11-12 - Wyoming Project Features Wind Power p 13 - Cover Up Equipment Update p 14 - Hubbell Transmission Products p 15 - Connector Prevents Elbow Overheating
March 1999
3.1MB	pp 2-5 - Chance® Electronic Resettable Sectionalizers pp 6-8 - Polymer Distribution Elbow arrester p 12 - Can You Spot the Transmission Line? pp 13-14 - Get the open-loop speed of LoadLooker ammeter p 15 - Band-Type Cluster Mounts, Regular Mounts and Accessories p 16 - Chardon Acquisition Announced p 17 - Encyclopedia of Anchoring

1998 Magazines

April 1998
682K	pp 2-3 - Hi*Lite Insulators Ease Line Construction in Rough Terrain p 4 - Hi-Lite XL Insulators for Contaminated Environments p 5 - An Option to Lead Thread Insulator Pins pp 6-7 - Covered Conductor Systems Need CoverTec pp 10-11- Lakeland, Florida's "EPC" Project pp 12-13 - Arrester Lifetime & Replacement Schedule pp 14-15- Anderson Fiber Optic Clamps

1997 Magazines

November 1997
1.4MB	pp 2-3 - How To Cut Deadend Costs pp 4-5 - New and Improved Wet/Dry Hot-Stick Tester pp 6-8 - In the World of Extra High Voltage pp 9-10 - Insulators That Don't Go To Pieces pp 12-13 - Electronic Commerce at Hubbell Power Systems p 14-15 - Full-Tension Automatic Splices
Special International Issue September 1997
683K	pp 2-4 - Safety-Proven Methods for EHV Hot-Line Work pp 5-7 - In the World of Extra High Voltage pp 9-11 - Brazilian Utility Chooses Protecta*Lite™ System p 12 - How to Secure, Protect and Repair Transmission Lines

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