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Southern States Mobile Solutions

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Southern States, with over 100 years experience integrating high voltage switching equipment, has worked to address potential grid vulnerabilities during emergency outages or planned maintenance by designing mobile solutions that are specifically tailored to a utility’s unique applications. This provides immediate cost savings and reliability to a their network via expedited restoration times and operational flexibility. Learn more: https://bit.ly/39nNuYs

Mobile Solutions Promotional Video

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Overall reliability is a critical focus for utilities across North America, creating the need for solutions and equipment that can support the grid during times of emergency or occasional planned outages. Taking proactive measures to address these potential vulnerabilities is, therefore, vital to ensure a resilient network that minimizes customer interruption frequency and duration. Southern States, with over 100 years experience integrating high voltage switching equipment, has worked to address this initiative by designing mobile solutions that are specifically tailored to our customer’s unique applications. These mobile substations and auxiliary trailers can provide immediate cost savings to a utility’s network, offering expedited restoration times as well as operational flexibility when multiple location sites are impacted by severe weather or equipment damage.

Southern States Auxiliary Trailers

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Southern States, with over 100 years experience integrating high voltage switching equipment, has worked to address this initiative by designing mobile solutions that are specifically tailored to our customer’s unique applications, providing immediate cost savings and reliability to a utility’s network via expedited restoration times and operational flexibility.

Southern States Recloser

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Southern States Distribution Automation Solutions are economical vacuum switching devices that can offer greater reliability and improved cost efficiency to a distribution system. Its flexible design allows utilities to employ the automated switch as a sectionalizer, ganged recloser, or triple single recloser available with SEL 751, 351R, 651RA, 651R, Beckwith M7679, or Siemens programmable automation controllers. This all-in-one product can help utilities reduce total inventory, minimize training requirements, as well as provide applicational flexibility to their systems. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kAUp2X

Recloser Promotional Video

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Southern States’ reclosers are economical, vacuum switching solutions that offer greater reliability to a distribution system. Their configurable designs can be deployed by utilities as a sectionalizer or a recloser. Controls are available with SEL 751, 351R, 651RA, 651R2, or Beckwith M7679 programmable automation controllers.

Recloser Installation Video

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In this video, we demonstrate a typical installation process of the Southern States’ recloser as performed by one of our cooperative utility customers.

Southern States ES-1 Transmission Line Switch

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The ES-1 side break multi-way transmission line disconnect switch was designed in response to the market’s need for solutions that offer simplified installation and adjustment that minimizes the probability of operator error, increasing reliability. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3w74ZnQ

ES-1 Transmission Line Switch

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Through Southern States’ research and development, understanding of existing issues, and integration of user feedback, the ES-1 family was designed to provide a reliable, quality product that resolves many of the common issues experienced by one-way and multi-way transmission disconnects.

The unique blade design with jaw end pivot produces a very low operating effort, eliminating concerns of operator dependent force requirements on closing. By shipping the phases assembled on a platform, the switch is easy to install and requires minimal adjustment.

The design is also compatible with the only single gap, Load Break Interrupter (LLS®) available through 145 kV.

Southern States TranSwitcher®

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The Southern States TranSwitcher® is a renewable intertie solution designed specifically for switching and protection of power transformers. Its unique design makes it ideally suited for distribution systems that intertie with solar farms as well as other distributed energy resources. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/nhdv5rxy

Southern States MACI®

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Verifying proper blade depth and rotation of a high voltage disconnect switch closure has created challenges for ground level operators. Southern States MACI® introduces patented magnetic technology to provide highly-visible, foolproof indication of a proper switch closure. By providing this assurance, the potential for unwanted costs associated with unplanned power outages is minimized. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3KFxcav

MACI® Promotional Video

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Southern States’ MACI™ helps verify proper blade depth and rotation of high voltage disconnect switch closures. By adding MACI™ to your new or existing switch applications, you will ultimately reduce the risk for switch failures, power outages, and the high costs associated with such.

MACI® Installation

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MACI® verifies proper depth and rotation of a high voltage disconnect switch blade upon closing. Installation details of this device are shown in this video.