According to Nauru Utility’s CEO Carmine Piantedosi, there have been nine power poles cross arm failures reported since late November 2020 due to pole fires causing interruptions to the corporation’s 11KV feeder.
Nauru Media News - NTV reports this is due to sea salt accumulating on the cross arm’s insulators and with a bit of dampness causes the conductors to flash over and interrupt the power supply.
The generation plants are fine however the environment is causing a few problems with the corporation’s poles and wires.
