Four Cover Families. One Engineered Portfolio.
TE Connectivity’s WAP portfolio covers the four exposed asset geometries that drive the majority of distribution wildlife events — insulator covers, bushing covers, conductor and jumper covers, substation wildlife mitigation — with substation-class configurations where station-level mitigation is in scope. Each family is engineered for its specific asset geometry, hot-stick installable, UV-stable, and dielectrically rated for the distribution-class voltages it covers.
Deadend, Line Post, Suspension — Engineered for the Distribution Insulator Geometries That Drive Wildlife Events.
Insulator covers are the foundation of most WAP wildlife mitigation programs because distribution insulator geometries are where the highest count of wildlife events occur. WAP insulator covers are available across standard distribution voltage classes — 15 kV, 25 kV, and 35 kV — with custom sizing for non-standard insulator geometries, and across the three principal insulator configurations: deadend, line post, and suspension.
Transformer, Breaker, and Substation Bushing Covers — Engineered for the Apparatus Geometries That Drive Flashover Events.
Bushing flashover events are a measurable share of substation forced outages on Canadian utility networks — high-consequence events that drive station-level reliability metrics. WAP bushing covers address the geometries directly: transformer bushings on distribution-class transformers, breaker bushings on distribution-class breakers and reclosers, and substation-class bushing covers for station apparatus.
Polymer Covers for the Exposed Conductor and Jumper Sections Where Animals Bridge Phases.
Wildlife events on conductor and jumper sections happen at the points where the energized conductor footprint is exposed and small animals can bridge phase-to-phase or phase-to-ground — typically at junctions, deadend assemblies, and jumper sections between transformer or switchgear connections. WAP conductor and jumper covers reduce the exposed energized footprint at those points.
Cover Configurations Engineered for Substation Apparatus and Switchgear Geometries.
Substation wildlife events drive a separate consequence profile from distribution events — typically higher customer-minutes-out per event and higher station-level reliability impact. WAP substation cover configurations are engineered for the apparatus and switchgear geometries that drive substation wildlife outages: disconnect switches, distribution-class breakers, station-class apparatus, and the equipment combinations that drive substation flashover events.
Substation specification work is typically coordinated with TE’s substation application engineering team through Rexel Utility’s specialist contact pathway. Cover configurations are engineered per substation per application, with TE engineering involvement at the specification stage for non-standard work.
Cover Installation Training That Makes WAP Perform the Same Way on Every Crew.
Cover programs share a recurring failure mode with most utility hardware programs: the right product specified, the wrong installation practice in the field. TE’s Technical Engagement & Training program is engineered to close that gap for WAP by transferring cover installation practice into crews — at the utility’s own operating centres.
ANSI. IEEE. CSA. Engineered and Tested to the Specs Utilities Specify.
WAP polymer covers are engineered and tested to ANSI, IEEE, and CSA standards where applicable. Specific standards compliance per cover family is documented in TE’s application notes and confirmed by TE engineering during the specification conversation.
Ready to Spec WAP on Your Wildlife Mitigation Program?
Whether you’re scoping insulator covers for a worst-hit-feeder pilot, specifying bushing covers for a substation wildlife mitigation rollout, or scoping conductor covers for a feeder hardening program, the path is the same: talk to a Rexel Utility specialist.