VLF PD vs. IMCORP’s Factory Grade ® Technology Overview One of the world’s largest producers of renewable energy noted that power cable failures were the number one cause of collector system failures after commissioning newly constructed wind sites. Post construction outages were costing in excess of $100K per incident and prompted the company to investigate ways in which to reduce outages originating from power cables and accessories. Contacting other peer developers revealed a wide array of experience and confusion. Some claiming that cable testing does not work, to those who were ardent believers in a specific test; including DC, VLF (very low frequency) and tangent-delta. Most, however acknowledged continued failures after commissioning. In 2008, a joint venture renewable proj

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