Overhead electrical transmission and distribution systems.

摘要

A overhead conductor terminating clamp for securing a conductor to a tower comprises, in combination, the surfaces of opposed side walls of smoothly curved, channel-shaped conductor guide (3) which taper smoothly and continuously in a direction away from an end of the guide, and a wedge member (5) which has a complementary tapered surface. When a conductor (C) is positioned in the guide (3) and a tensile force is applied to that part of the conductor extending from the other end of the guide, the wedge member (5) is urged lengthwise to maintain it in engagement with the tapered surfaces with the conductor clamped between the wedge member and the base wall of the guide. Risk of damage to the core of the conductor and to any optical fibre loosely housed in the core is substantially reduced.