Dead Front vs. Live Front Bushings | Maddox Transformer

What is a live front bushing? It’s called live because the terminal is actually exposed. There is electricity flowing through it. Touching a live front bushing could result in electrocution. As a matter of fact, you don’t want to even get too near due to arc-flash concerns. What is a dead front bushing? The majority of padmount transformers these days come with dead front bushings. These do the exact same thing as a live front bushing but it uses a fully insulated bushing. The obvious benefit is that you can open the cabinet and there is a very low risk of arc-flash. The fully rubber dead front bushing is terminated using a loadbreak elbow. Learn more here: https://www.maddoxtransformer.com/res... Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:05 Live-front bushings 0:30 Live-front bushing components 1:37 Dead-front bushings 2:42 Conclusion