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"The UK's leading specialist in cable installation equipment for the Electricity and Telecommunications industries"

Arc Flash Protection, Insulated Tools, PPE, Overhead Line Construction & Underground Cable Installation

Clydesdale are leading industry experts in Arc Flash Protection and Overhead Line and Cable Installation Equipment. We support the electricity and telecommunications industry worldwide. We are an ISO9001:2008 and ISO14001:2004 company which represents our commitment to quality in our products, working procedures and environmental management.

What is Arc Flash: Arc Flash is an unintentional, explosive electrical event caused by either short circuits, switching faults or switching circuits when under load.

Arc Flash can result in serious personal injury and infrastructure damage. The risks of Arc Flash must be assessed and appropriate preventative and protective measures put in place. Clydesdale's Arc Flash PPE range forms part of this overall approach.

For advice and guidance on Arc Flash Protection our experts are only a phone call away, or Download our Arc Flash Protection Catalogue.

Clydesdale's Latest News

19 October 2022

DC testing on insulating, rubber gloves for DC usage

Are you a business that uses insulating gloves to protect from electric shock when working with a DC risk? Many of our customers do and the number is growing with the increasing use of electric vehicles, uninterruptable power supplies, renewable energy, battery storage and more. However, have your gloves been tested using DC voltage? Insulating materials can have very different behaviours when exposed to the constant potential of a DC source. Most gloves on the market that state they are safe for use with DC have no electrical testing to support this. The requirement to test insulating gloves ...

19 October 2022

Bird Protection - A case study

This blog post and its associated video (LINK) showing the services we offer to help our customers protect their assets from wildlife damage and interference.We sadly see birds, squirrels and cats coming into contact with live electrical equipment all too often. In this video we show the basic process we went through in order to offer our customer the most cost effective method to protect their site from repeated instances of short circuits caused by crows nesting locally.The substation operator had several instances of losses to both their equipment and supply to customers, this was proving c...

12 September 2022

Reliaguard Wildlife and Bird Protection

Clydesdale are the only UK supplier of Reliaguard's range of wildlife and bird protection products.Made in the USA using Reliaguard's Reliatanium material, you can be assured of product quality.All items are fully tested to IEEE 1656 at 38Kv and suitable for all UK distribution networks up to this voltage.Clydesdale have also worked with EA technology on CEP024 to ensure we offer the most coverage on this new standard.We are able to work with you on proposals and installation schedules for your specific sites giving the easiest and most reliable solution.Click here for more detailsClick here f...

Highlights

Duct Opening Knife

Dedicated knife for easily cutting openings in ducts without damaging the infrastructure inside. Dual depth lockable blade. 1000V rated

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High Visibility Arc Jacket

New Goretex 40 cal/cm², certified Hi Vis jacket. Water resistant and breathable, Anti static and CE marked. Now with rail colour certification and an Elim value

High Visibility Arc Salopettes

New Goretex 40 cal/cm², certified Hi Vis salopette. Water resistant and breathable, Anti static and CE marked. Now with rail colour certification and an Elim value

Vector Voltage Detector

VECTOR’s new concept design offers significant performance improvements over both its predecessors and competitors.

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Tensioning Link

The TL1 has been developed by Clydesdale to provide a simpler way of pulling overhead lines up to final tension and then fitting preformed helical end terminations to the conductor.

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