Snow accretion on power lines

Abstract

The results obtained from an investi-gation into two damaging snowstorms in the Saskatoon area and the findings of Higuchi indicate that the hazard to power lines from wet snow can be significant even when strong winds accompany the snowfall. Since the incidence of freezing precipitation is low on the Prairies, damage from snow accretion may be of more sig-nificance than that from ice accretion. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.