T&D Buyer's Guide

Critter Guard designs and manufactures animal prevention products to protect substations and transformers from critter-related power outages. Many utilities have standardized using Critter Guard products for its effectiveness and proven reliability in all weather conditions.

Critter Guard BLOCKS points of entry via utility poles and power lines. With Critter Guard, critical components aren't simply covered up like the competition.

Common features of Critter Guard products include:

• No need to de-power the line for installation or substation maintenance.

• Nothing to replace or lose during service.

• Easy Installation

Critter Guard’s product line consists of: Line Guard, Pole Guard, and BirdBloc. All of these systems are defined by one characteristic — No Access.

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.

Tallman Equipment is an employee-owned company and has served the electrical transmission and distribution industry for over 70 years. We offer a comprehensive range of services to linemen, including new tool sales, rentals, ground and jumper set manufacturing, transformer sling production, and expert testing and repair.  

Tallman carries a wide selection of the best tools and equipment from the top brands in the utility industry.  

Our rental inventory includes stringing blocks, ground and jumper sets, battery powered cutting and crimping tools, fiberglass hot arms, hoists, dynamometers, rubber goods, and more.  

The Tallman Assembly Department custom-builds ground and jumper sets as well as performing dielectric testing and repair on used grounds and jumpers.  

Our rope department specializes in transformer sling assemblies as well as rope splicing and custom rope solutions.  

Our repair department services all tools commonly used in the utility industry including hydraulic, pneumatic, gas, and battery-powered equipment, stringing blocks, dynamometers, and mechanical hoists. 

Tallman offers complete repair and reconditioning of fiberglass tools, including hot sticks, conductor and support gins, ladders, extension arms, shotgun sticks, and more.  

The Tallman Rubber Lab cleans and performs dielectric testing on rubber gloves, blankets, sleeves, and other rubber goods and cover-up. All testing is done in accordance to ASTM standards.  

At Tallman Equipment, our vision is to deliver quality, convenience, and reliability to our customers by adapting to their needs and always striving to do the right thing.

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.

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.

We are a manufacturer of identification products for Electric utilities, Telecommunication companies, Pipeline companies and OEM's. For 70 years we have made pole tags, cable markers, data plates, substation signs and all things identification.  Tech Products, Inc. provides the most durable products in our industries with brand names like EVERLAST, Tech-3D, FASTTAG, and TechBrite.  We are also a service company - an information provider. We work as a team member with a customer to find a solution for their identification need.

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.