Leakage Current

Sensor Installations
Instructions

Porcelain Suspension & Polymer

Insulators

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 Base Station

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 Typical Base station installation on a lattice structure

Typical base
station
installation
area

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 Typical Base Station Installation on a Pole Structure

Weather Sensors

Solar panel

Wireless communication
electronics for sensors and
modem, Battery

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 Porcelain Suspension insulator sensor installation

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 Mounting the sensor to the bracket

Use the supplied 10-32, .25” length

screws to connect the sensor mounting
bracket. There are a total of 4 bolts
holding the sensor to the bracket.

Ensure the antenna is pointed

downward and away from the
electrical potential

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 Lanyard attachment to the sensor

Attach the supplied lanyard from the sensor to

the clamp

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 Releasing the clam shell of the sensor bracket

Release the spring loaded bolts on the

ring clamp assembly. This will enable
the hinge of the jaw to open

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 Placement of the bracket on the insulator

*Mount the sensor and the bracket on

the insulator bell closest to the structure,
with the antenna pointing towards the
structure

Place the ring clamp assembly around

insulator and tighten the bolts that hold
the two halves together.

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 Placement of the bracket on the insulator

Ensure the current pickup portion

of the clamp is firmly pressed onto
the porcelain of insulator

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 Lanyard attachment to the sensor

Tighten the 4 bolts that tighten the

clamp system to the insulator

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 Final installation of sensor and clamp

Sensor installation area

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 Final installation of sensor and clamp

Note the sensor is installed on the insulator

bell closest to the tower structure, with the
mesh portion of the clamp pressed firmly
to the porcelain

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 Polymer Installation

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 Mounting the sensor to the bracket

Use ¼” – 20, .25” length screws to

connect the sensor mounting bracket.

Ensure the antenna is pointed

downward and away from the
electrical potential

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 Sensor bracket attachment

Utilize the existing hardware close to

the insulator securing the sensor
bracket while ensuring a solid ground
connection

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 Lanyard attachment to the insulator

Attach the shaft collar around the

insulator sheath closest to the ground
side. The collar should tightly fit the
insulator sheath. Sheath diameter is
needed before the installation.

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 Lanyard attachment to the sensor

Put the ring terminal of the lanyard

between the nuts of the leakage current
sensor stud.

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 Installation of leakage sensor on polymer insulator

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 Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity

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