Swanson Productions, Inc. This is a 1968, color film about the RTE Safe Break System. The film opens with a utility crew drilling into the ground. A crew builds a house, :45. Electrical crews unwrap cables, :55. Man speaks to the camera in front of 3 hard hats, 1:20. RTE Safe Break System image, 1:38. Plug and wall socket, 2:02. Utility men of all types installing the RTE Safe Break System, 2:20. RTE presents Safe Break Terminator System graphic, 2:40. Presented with the cooperation of Commonwealth Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. and Detroit Edison, 2:45. Man talks to camera, 2:54. Transformer graphic by Commonwealth Edison, 3:20. Executive from Commonwealth Edison speaks to the camera, 3:27. Derrick is shown installing electric transformers, 4:05. Men work on installing electric cables into transformer box, 4:30. Men prepare wires by greasing them and tightening fastenings, 4:45. The RTE Safe Break System is installed, 5:05. Executive from Commonwealth Edison speaks to the camera, 5:40. Suburban neighborhood, 6:15. Transformer animation by Commonwealth Edison, 6:23. Men work in suburbs, 6:45. Shotgun stick is used to install the components of the electric box, 6:50. Men sectionalize cables, 7:18. Man talks to camera, 7:34. CEI modular concept animation, 7:41. URD 1970, 7:44. Ken Klein, General Supervising Engineer speaks to the camera, 8:04. Men drilling and installing concrete tile, 8:35. CEI modular concept animation, 8:50. Transformer is put in the ground, 9:10. Men install RTE Break System, 9:28. Narrator speaks to the camera, 10:20. Various version of RTE Break System are shown, 10:24. Ken Klein, General Supervising Engineer speaks to the camera, 10:44. Woodcreek Hills Subdivision sign, 11:15. Housing development being built, 11:20. Al Price from Detroit Edison speaks to the camera, 11:40. Electric boxes outside homes, 12:05. Detroit Edison electrical installation animation, 12:28. Hot line tools used for switching, 12:50. Cables grounded and tagged, 13:27. RTE Transformer is buried, 14:09. Switchbox is installed, 14:30. RTE research engineers do testing in the RTE Safe Break System, 15:40. Units are sectionalized, 16:15. Men pull switching components out of brackish water, 16:50. Shotgun stick is used for fast switching, 17:04. Narrator speaks to the camera, 17:41. Safe Break
The patent application for the Safe Break System states: “A current interrupting connector for connecting a high voltage shielded cable to underground distribution apparatus, the connector including a housing formed of resilient insulating material and having a connection recess for an electrically conductive element and a cable termination passage sealed at both ends for housing a removable non-expulsive or non-gas forming interrupter. Electrical connectors are provided in the passage for connecting the interrupter to the electrically conductive element and to the high voltage cable. Each of the connectors is molded into electrically conductive sleeves which also surround and electrically shield the interrupter.”
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