3.2.2.

2 All above extension provision to normal towers shall be treated as part of normal
tower only.

3.3 SPANS AND CLEARNACES

3.3.1 NORMAL SPAN

The towers designed and tested by the HVPNL for Zebra conductor. The normal ruling
span with ACSR Zebra is 350 meters and with ACSR Moose conductor is 280 meters.

3.3.2 WIND SPAN

The wind span is the sum of the two half spans adjacent to the support under
consideration. For normal horizontal spans this equal to normal ruling span.

3.3.3 WEIGHT SPAN

The weight span is the horizontal distance between the lowest point of the conductors
on the two spans adjacent to the tower. The weight spans considered for design of
towers are as below:

A) For ACSR Zebra:

Tower type Normal condition Broken wire condition
Max. Min. Max. Min.
(m) (m) (m) (m)
DA 525 200 315 100
DB, DC, DD 525 0 315 -200

B) For ACSR Moose:

Tower type Normal condition Broken wire condition
Max. Min. Max. Min.
(m) (m) (m) (m)
DA 420 140 252 65
DB, DC & DD 420 0 252 -200
DE 210 0 42 0

3.3.4 ELECTRICAL CLEARANCES

3.3.4.1 GROUND CLEARANCE

The min. ground clearances from the bottom conductor shall not be less than 7015
mm at the max. sag conditions i.e. at max. temperature (75oC) and still air. However,
to achieve the above clearance the height of tower has been increased in the
following manner:

a) An allowance of 150 mm has been provided to account for errors in stringing.

b) Conductor creep shall be compensated by over tensioning the conductor at

temperature of 26oC lower than the stringing temperature.

For river crossing tower the minimum electrical clearance including ground clearance
will be same as normal towers except an allowance of 4% of maximum sag of
conductor instead of 150 mm for normal towers shall be provided to account for errors
in stringing.

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