March 9, 20224 yr Author Different these days of course with modern insulation, but no wonder they favoured overhead cables back then. Interesting how they join high voltage cable these days. Hefty aluminium clamps are used with self torqueing bolts. Tighten them and when their reach the correct torque they snap off. The joint is enclosed in a "torpedo", a plastic enclosure, and weatherproof insulating gel is poured in.
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