Therm-A-Guard® bushing covers will help protect your electric utility’s assets from wildlife, and the outages that they cause, while improving both safety and reliability. Additionally, our patented animal guards allow for precise thermal & visual inspections, both of which most utilities rely upon to ensure uninterrupted service to their customers.
Therm-A-Guard® Wildlife Protectors original & patented open mesh design prevents wildlife from causing power outages while allowing accurate thermal and visual inspections. Traditional solid wildlife guards make it nearly impossible to perform these inspections accurately without de-energizing equipment and removing the solid guards. Therm-A-Guard® allows for both infrared and visual inspections without the removal of the wildlife guards and without de-energizing any equipment.
According to the Edison Electric Institute, wildlife induced outages caused 12% of all unplanned electric utility outages. Therm-A-Guard® wildlife protectors increase the reliability of your electric system by reducing the number of these unplanned outages.
Therm-A-Guard® wildlife protectors improve the accuracy of a utility’s inspection program by allowing for quicker and more precise thermal and visual inspections of all wildlife protected equipment.
Our mesh wildlife protectors were the first product of their kind on the market
Temperature:
Thermal inspections can detect issues, BUT leaves bushings vulnerable to outages caused by wildlife.
Bushing is no longer vulnerable to wildlife, BUT thermal cameras cannot see through the bushing cover.
The bushing is no longer vulnerable to wildlife contact, AND thermal cameras can accurately measure connector temperatures.
Compared to solid bushing covers, the Therm-A-Guard® mesh wildlife guard wins every time.
Our Wildlife Protectors are 100% Made in the USA
Our mesh wildlife guards were meticulously designed with input from engineers, thermographers, utility linemen and substation electricians. We did our homework up front, and the results speak for themselves: after 20 years, not a single Therm-A-Guard® has failed due to UV exposure or material and/or workmanship issues.
Therm-A-Guard® wildlife protectors are strong enough to meet the demands of a hot Arizona sun and flexible enough to withstand a pounding hailstorm. You’ll continue to reap the benefits of your investment in the added reliability of your distribution system for many years.
All of our wildlife protection products are designed with a real hinge rather than a living hinge commonly used by our competition. That leaves a more secure latching system that’s less likely to fail over time. In addition, the well designed latch grips harder and tighter the more pressure that’s put on it. The old days of zip ties and electric tape to secure a wildlife guard to the bushing will stay in the past.
All of our wildlife protection products are designed with a real hinge rather than a living hinge commonly used by our competition. That leaves a more secure latching system that’s less likely to fail over time. In addition, the well designed latch grips harder and tighter the more pressure that’s put on it. The old days of zip ties and electric tape to secure a wildlife guard to the bushing will stay in the past.
The three larger Therm-A-Guard® bushing cover models are designed with hot stick handles allowing for hot stick installation without de-energizing the equipment. The installation process was designed to be as simple and easy as possible.
Wildlife protection from the line to the substation
Our medium sized guard is designed for equipment with bushing skirt diameters of less than 6.25 inches.
Used in specialty applications where bushing diameters are considerably large (up to 10.5" diameter).
Free samples are available for all sizes of our wildlife protectors. It's the perfect way to determine exactly what you need before placing a large order.
Small: $11.00
Medium: $16.25
Large: $19.50
Extra Large: $36.25
Yes, we offer substantial discounts based on volume and frequency of orders. Please email us with your order interest and we will provide you with a quotation.
Yes! Infrared inspections can now precisely detect hot spots on wildlife guarded equipment using the patented Therm-A-Guard® design. The view is clear enough to easily determine the exact cause of the hot spot and its actual temperature. Conventional solid wildlife guards mask this view and make it nearly impossible to accurately detect and report these hot spots.
Wasps and other insects are more prone to build nests in conventional solid animal guards because they will be protected from inclement weather. Therm-A-Guard's® open design allows wind and rain to enter the guard resulting in cooler operating temperatures of the protected equipment while also washing away contaminants that build up on the equipment. Of course, insects do not want to build a nest in this type of wet environment. Additionally, Therm-A-Guard® allow linemen to easily see a nest prior to working on the equipment. Insect killer can be sprayed directly through the guard preventing insect stings to your employees.
