Every Cable System Is Only as Strong as Its Connections

Continuous monitoring and predictive analytics for cable splices and terminations — the leading point of failure in power cable systems.

The Weakest Link in Every Cable System

Cable systems don't fail in the middle of a cable run. They fail at the connection points — splices and terminations. These joints are responsible for the majority of cable system failures across utility, industrial, and energy infrastructure. And right now, most of them are completely unmonitored.

Operators have no visibility into what's happening at these critical points between scheduled inspections. By the time a fault is detected, it's already an emergency — with direct repair costs, lost production, customer impact, and safety consequences that follow.

The problem is getting worse. Global cable infrastructure is expanding to meet growing electricity demand, renewable energy integration, and electrification. More cable means more connection points, more potential failure sites, and a widening gap between what's installed and what's actually monitored.

55%+ of grid failures

Cable connection points account for more than 55% of grid failures — and most are unmonitored between scheduled inspections.

Source: EPRI
$300,000+ per hour

Unplanned downtime costs for large enterprises — with some high-criticality environments exceeding $1 million per hour.

Source: ITIC 2024

Continuous Monitoring. Early Warning. Actionable Intelligence.

The Sensor

  • Clamp-on, non-invasive smart sensor for cable splices and terminations — installs on existing infrastructure without an outage.
  • Built for harsh environments: direct-buried, underground vaults, concrete enclosures, and subsea-adjacent installations.
  • Continuously monitors the parameters that indicate insulation health and early degradation.

The Analytics Platform

  • Cloud-based analytics that go beyond threshold alerting — tracking how insulation condition evolves over time.
  • Actionable insights for proactive maintenance planning, helping operators avoid costly unplanned outages.
  • Calibrated uncertainty quantification — the system communicates what it knows and how confident it is, so operators can act with confidence.

About Splice N Connect

Splice N Connect is a Calgary-based energy technology company modernizing electrical grid reliability through continuous monitoring of the most failure-prone components of electrical infrastructure — cable splices and terminations.

Founded through the 2023 Avatar Innovations Studio, we are commercializing a proprietary, non-invasive smart-sensing device and analytics platform that gives utilities, renewable energy operators, and large industrial users continuous, predictive visibility into network health.

Our work is backed by Avatar Leadership Fund, Phoenix Fire Archangel Network, Valhalla Private Capital, Startup TNT, and a group of family offices and angel investors. We are alumni of the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Rockies program, VentureLAB, and Decentralised Energy Canada — and winners of the 2024 Decentralised Energy Canada Pitch Competition.

Let's Talk

Whether you're exploring a pilot deployment, evaluating monitoring solutions, or interested in partnership — we'd like to hear from you.