Overhead power lines are the only way to electrify many communities. Massive experience has been gained with electrification projects that can be used world-wide. This work presents the technology of overhead power lines, including sag, insulators, conductors, lightning, and grounding.

Surajit Chattopadhyay (Ph.D., CEng, FIE(I), MIET) is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering in Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology, India. His interests include power line installation, electric power quality, fault diagnosis, protection and signal analysis. He has authored/co-authored 3 books and more than 130 research articles in international and national journals and conferences, edited 1 book and received many awards and best papers' recognition. He is a member of the IET Communities Committee, South Asia, and former hon. secretary (2013-16) and YP-chair (2012-13), IET Kolkata Network.