New challenges in live-line maintenance

Abstract

In case of high voltage live-line maintenance (LLM), proper handling of issues related to electric fields is important because the high power is transmitted at high voltage levels. Conductive clothing are the most common protective equipment to shield extra low frequency (ELF) electric fields, acting as a Faraday-cage. Inspections have been executed at the High Voltage Laboratory of Budapest University of Technology and Economics regarding to the misses of the current international standards and regulations for the inspection of conductive clothing.