Patent ID: 7193338

Claim:
A method of tapping a high voltage transmission line for input into a power distribution substation, the high voltage transmission line being suspended by a suspension tower, the method comprising the steps of: (a) dividing the high voltage transmission line into a first conducting line and a second conducting line by removing a bypass loop to sever the transmission line at the suspension tower such that said first conducting line is terminated at a first side of said suspension tower and said second conducting line is terminated at a second side of said suspension tower, wherein said first conducting line is insulated from said second conducting line; (b) providing at least two transformer bays at the substation, each transformer bay having a primary input connected to the primary of a power transformer, wherein said primary input comprises a series connected first disconnect switch, second disconnect switch and circuit breaker, wherein a bus interconnects said first disconnect switch and said second disconnect switch and wherein an output of said circuit breaker is attached to the primary of said power transformer; (c) interconnecting the bus of said first transformer bay to the bus of said second transformer bay using a circuit breaker; and (d) connecting the first conducting line to the primary input of said first transformer bay using a first high voltage conductor and connecting the second conducting line to the primary input of said second transformer bay using a second high voltage conductor.