T&D Buyer's Guide

For decades, our team has distributed most of the leading manufactures equipment in the powerline industry. We have also built and designed some of the most durable, reliable, and trusted tools and equipment in the electrical utility industry. We always go the extra mile to provide not only some of the best customer service but to create some of the most well-tested products possible. We have invested heavily in advanced technology to ensure that every product we produce is second to none. We proudly offer repair services for a wide array of electrical utility tools and equipment, including warranty repairs for many of the most common brands in the industry. We also house some of the most expansive technical testing services for our products including an in-house rubber goods testing lab, ground testing, and hot stick testing.

Doble Engineering Company is a global leader in diagnostic test equipment, software and engineering services for the electric power industry. Founded in 1920, it helps utilities and energy asset owners improve reliability, assess system health, and optimize operations through advanced diagnostics and expertise worldwide.

Tallman Equipment is an employee-owned company and has served the electrical transmission and distribution industry for over 70 years. We offer a comprehensive range of services to linemen, including new tool sales, rentals, ground and jumper set manufacturing, transformer sling production, and expert testing and repair.  

Tallman carries a wide selection of the best tools and equipment from the top brands in the utility industry.  

Our rental inventory includes stringing blocks, ground and jumper sets, battery powered cutting and crimping tools, fiberglass hot arms, hoists, dynamometers, rubber goods, and more.  

The Tallman Assembly Department custom-builds ground and jumper sets as well as performing dielectric testing and repair on used grounds and jumpers.  

Our rope department specializes in transformer sling assemblies as well as rope splicing and custom rope solutions.  

Our repair department services all tools commonly used in the utility industry including hydraulic, pneumatic, gas, and battery-powered equipment, stringing blocks, dynamometers, and mechanical hoists. 

Tallman offers complete repair and reconditioning of fiberglass tools, including hot sticks, conductor and support gins, ladders, extension arms, shotgun sticks, and more.  

The Tallman Rubber Lab cleans and performs dielectric testing on rubber gloves, blankets, sleeves, and other rubber goods and cover-up. All testing is done in accordance to ASTM standards.  

At Tallman Equipment, our vision is to deliver quality, convenience, and reliability to our customers by adapting to their needs and always striving to do the right thing.

High Voltage, Inc. designs and manufactures industry-leading high voltage test equipment for proof testing, diagnostic testing,  high voltage breakdown testing, and preventative maintenance testing. Trusted for the most technically-advanced, portable, and user-friendly high voltage equipment on the market. HVI test sets are used worldwide by utilities, testing service companies, electrical contractors, large industrial factories, and electrical apparatus OEMs.

HVI has been an essential supplier of electrical testers and test kits for over 20 years. Our familiarity with the regulations and procedures inherent to this industry make us more than a supplier or manufacturer, but a partner. Customers turn to HVI for its high-quality testing equipment, unparalleled customer support, and its commitment to sharing deep industry knowledge in an approachable, helpful way.

By working closely with technicians and professionals like you, we have been able to consistently innovate new technologies and solve real world problems with custom solutions. For the industry standard in high voltage testing equipment, you can rely on HVI.

Evluma is committed to developing affordable, long-lasting and environmentally low-impact LED lighting solutions that fundamentally change the landscape of the outdoor utility lighting market. Evluma’s high standard of customer service plus its background in innovative lighting technologies and software cooperatively influence the design of its utility-grade products. Evluma has added a family of roadway luminaires to its product line. Available in three sizes, the RX1 (small) is the winner of a BrightStar award.

Founded by Fouad Brikci, Ph.D., Zensol specializes mainly in instruments targeted at the electrical energy industry and maintenance services. 

Zensol has become the pioneer in a new testing method to detect problems in on line tap changers, circuit breakers and reclosers. We have the knowledge to use this innovative technology while the transformers and circuit breakers are on line. 

Designer by our engineers, they are portable and suitable for harsh environments (extreme temperatures from -40°C to +60°C). They are known for their sturdiness and their performance and a life expectancy of 15 years and more. 

For nearly 50 years, SDT North America has helped the world’s most reliable companies achieve their operational objectives through better asset reliability. Our technology empowers maintenance and reliability teams to foresee failures, eliminate energy waste, and make smarter, safer decisions.

Ultrasound is often the first indicator of change in an asset’s condition. Its sensitivity to friction, impacting, and turbulence makes it one of the most versatile condition monitoring technologies available—capable of detecting subtle defects long before other methods.

At SDT, we harness this power across the 8 Pillars of Ultrasound:

• Bearing Condition Monitoring

• Precision Lubrication

• Compressed Air & Gas Leak Detection

• Steam Trap & Valve Testing

• Electrical System Inspection

• Hydraulic System Testing

• Tightness Testing

• Pump Cavitation Detection

Our portable ultrasound data collectors and acoustic imaging cameras are known for their accuracy, repeatability, and ease of use—trusted by industries across the globe to increase uptime, improve sustainability, and reduce operational risk.

Discover why SDT is known as The World’s Favorite Ultrasound Company—and how we help you bring reliability into focus.

Evluma manufactures LED lighting products that assist universities, utilities and municipalities replace and retrofit existing HID fixtures. The OmniMax LED replacement lamp is the ‘Perfect Fit’ for decorative post top lighting. Evluma's AreaMax is “The Utility Standard” for street and area lighting. All Evluma products operate with ConnectLED Bluetooth controls. Now offering a full line of globes for post top fixtures!