T&D Buyer's Guide

Tech Products, Inc. Is your source for quality identification products to the utility, pipeline and (OEM) original equipment market including, utility pole markers, valve tags, machinery data plates and safety signs for substations and transmission towers.

Our Everlast® brand is in use on many of the fiber optic cables, pipelines, and distribution systems throughout the northern and southern hemisphere. It is a unique product that does not use ink to convey its message. In fact, our first customer, Delaware Electric Coop is still using the product to mark their poles today. 

Our Fasttag miniature cable marker product line has been used by the US military on its battleships, the energy industry to identify underwater cable and pipes on offshore oil rigs and many of the fiber optic cables of the cable industry.

For decades, our team has distributed most of the leading manufactures equipment in the powerline industry. We have also built and designed some of the most durable, reliable, and trusted tools and equipment in the electrical utility industry. We always go the extra mile to provide not only some of the best customer service but to create some of the most well-tested products possible. We have invested heavily in advanced technology to ensure that every product we produce is second to none. We proudly offer repair services for a wide array of electrical utility tools and equipment, including warranty repairs for many of the most common brands in the industry. We also house some of the most expansive technical testing services for our products including an in-house rubber goods testing lab, ground testing, and hot stick testing.

Spectrum Industries, Inc. is a supplier of low, medium and high voltage current and potential transformers, transducers, shunts, analog and digital meters, power monitors, power analyzers, protector relays and switches. Same day shipping on stock items. Our main priority is customer service, we also specialize in finding replacements for old and/or obsolete meters and transformers.

Evluma manufactures LED lighting products that assist universities, utilities and municipalities replace and retrofit existing HID fixtures. The OmniMax LED replacement lamp is the ‘Perfect Fit’ for decorative post top lighting. Evluma's AreaMax is “The Utility Standard” for street and area lighting. All Evluma products operate with ConnectLED Bluetooth controls. Now offering a full line of globes for post top fixtures!

AFL's conductor accessories provide superior performance and reliability for electric power utilities and rail companies. Drawing on the experience gained from over 80 years designing and manufacturing accessory products, AFL's conductor accessories improve the reliability of critical electrical and optical infrastructure used for the transmission and distribution of electricity.

Our products are manufactured in Duncan, SC in a facility that is certified to ISO 4001 and ISO 9001:2008 standards. AFL’s product offering includes the following:

• Substation accessories — Swage bus accessories including couplers, end caps, terminal taps, expansion supports and more; Swage cable accessories including couplers and terminals; both bolted and welded accessories (supports, couplers, connectors, expansions, taps, terminals, reducers, bus vibration dampers, stud connectors, end plugs and hardware) for voltages up to and including 765kV
• Substation — bus conductors (round, integral web, rectangular bar, channel, universal angle bus, and rectangular bar).
• Transmission accessories — Hi-Temp® compression, standard compression, quick compress and IMPACCT® (Implosive Accessory Technology)
• Rail Transit system accessories — high-speed rail systems, light rail systems, trolley and streetcar systems, 3rd rail systems and complete electrified transit overhead
• Fiber optic cable hardware — dead ends, suspensions, tangents, splice enclosures, snow shoes, attachment hardware and come-a-longs
• Motion control — stockbridge-type vibration dampers, spacers, spacer dampers and software for Aeolian vibration protection
• Wire products — Copperweld strand and solid wire
• Network underground accessories — multi-outlet insulated connector bars, mechanical socket and core compression system, transformer stud connectors, over-current protection devices and explosion-proof protective shells
• Tools and compounds — hydraulic presses, pumps, dies and the new ConductaClean®

The conductor accessories facility has also built an impressive record of environmental stewardship with a recycling rate for paper, wood, metal and plastic exceeding 90 percent, an aggressive storm damage expedite program and a carbon footprint effort aimed at reducing total energy each year by three percent.

We are committed to taking a proactive approach to our customers’ needs, acting with integrity and delivering as promised. AFL understands that it is about quality products and building a strong relationship with every customer.

Did you know 1 out of every 200 transformers experiences failure each year? The safety and cost risks of an unexpected failure can be catastrophic. Dynamic Ratings products and services provide real-time data to help you make smart asset management decisions. Online monitors give you the confidence to extend the life of existing assets using real-time data. Monitors evaluate the equipment in your substation (transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, and more) and measure their performance to make sure everything is working properly. If something looks out of place, an alarm will notify you of the problem. This information allows utilities to optimize maintenance plans and the performance of their assets to changing system requirements. Learn how we can help at www.dynamicratings.com.

Power Source Instruments Inc. (PSI) is a leading distributor of premium, high-voltage test equipment and products for the industrial and electric utility industries. We are the primary distributors in Canada for top brands such as Powermetrix, Arteche, T&R Test Equipment, HighTest and Shallco.

We bring a wealth of industry experience where comprehensive support and commitment will continue, not only at the start, but long after you’ve purchased and begin to use our products. Whether you represent a national hydro company or if you are an independent contractor, we offer the assistance you rely on to help you get the job done.