Technical Training Programme

Live Line Punctured Insulator Detection (PID).

Explore the NPTI Hot Line Training Centre booklet covering live-line maintenance, insulator testing methods, safety rules, and temperature measurement.

About the booklet

Understand the principles of live-line insulator testing

This information page introduces the subjects listed in the NPTI booklet and provides quick access to the complete document for detailed procedures, diagrams, and technical data.

The booklet identifies a four-day onsite training programme on Live Line Punctured Insulator Detection (PID), prepared by the National Power Training Institute’s Hot Line Training Centre. The cover shows the 30th batch held from 3 January to 6 January 2022; these are historical programme dates, not a current course announcement.

Programme details shown in the booklet
Institute
National Power Training Institute (NPTI)
Centre
Hot Line Training Centre
Programme
Batch on cover
30th Batch
Dates on cover
03/01/2022 – 06/01/2022

Inside the booklet

Key topics icovered

Introduction & Live-Line Maintenance

General introduction, hot-line history, live-line maintenance, and the development of hot-line tools and PID training at HLTC, Bengaluru.

Safety Rules

Safety rules for hot-line operations, safe working distance, and the effects of current flow in the human body.

Live-Line Insulator Testing

Different testing methods, including buzzer, voltage measurement, neon lamp, electric field measurement, and the LILT probe kit.

Porcelain Insulator Tester (PIT)

Working principle, interconnection diagram, scanning procedures for string and suspension insulators, and tester specifications.

Test Results & Analysis

Photographs of LILT scanning in the field, sample graphs, good and defective insulator strings, and analytical calculations.

Live-Line Temperature Measurement

Contact and non-contact types of temperature measurement, as listed in the booklet.

Read the complete document

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Download the complete PID Info Booklet for the full contents, test procedures, diagrams, photographs, graphs, and technical reference material.

Institute information

Hot Line Training Centre

Contact details transcribed from the booklet cover. Please verify these details before publishing, as they may have changed.

Address

26th KM, Kanakapura Road

Bangalore – 560 082, India

National Power Training Institute (NPTI)

Contact shown in the booklet

Telephone: 080-28432596, 28432053, 28432212

Fax: 080-28432596

Email: directorhltc@gmail.com

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