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High Voltage Cables 5.0 High Voltage Cables High Voltage Cables are used when underground transmission is required. These cables are laid in ducts or may be buried in the ground. Unlike in overhead lines, air does not form part of the insulation, and the conductor must be completely insulated. Thus cables are much more costly than overhead lines. Also, unlike for overhead lines where tappings can easily given, cables must be connected through cable boxes which provide the necessary insulation for the joint. Cables have a much lower inductance than overhead lines due to the lower spacing between conductor and earth, but have a correspondingly higher capacitance, and hence a much higher charging current. High voltage cables are generally single cored, and hence have their separate insulation and mechanical protection by sheaths. In the older paper insulated cables, the sheath was of extruded lead. Figure 5.1 shows three such cables, as usually laid out. Figure 5.1 - Layout of three, single-core cables The presence of the sheath introduces certain difficulties as currents are induced in the sheath as well. This is due to fact that the sheaths of the conductors cross the magnetic fields set up by the conductor currents. At all points along the cable, the magnetic field is not the same, Hence different voltages are induced at different points on the sheath. This causes eddy currents to flow in the sheaths. These eddy currents depend mainly on (a) the frequency of operation, (b) the distance between cables, (c) the mean radius of the sheath, and (d) the resi