tower loading
tower loading
[′tau̇·ər ‚lōd·iŋ] (electricity)
Load placed on a tower by its own weight, the weight of the wires with or without ice covering, the insulators, the wind pressure normal to the line acting both on the tower and the wires, and the pull from the wires.
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