The New R800

Available Exclusively From Richards Manufacturing

  • 600A elbow and 200A tap plug — combined to form this convenient unit!
  • What was once a messy, hit-or-miss installation has been simplified by this innovative design.
  • The R-800 reduces the risk of cross-threading by bypassing the need for installing a 200A tap plug.

The New RStack

Available Exclusively From Richards Manufacturing

  • The R-Stack interface combines two units into one, eliminating the need for a connecting plug!
  • This combination design reduces the risk of complications during assembly in the field, such as cross threading.
  • Total assembly force is only 25 lbs., as opposed to the 100 lb. force required to install with a standard connecting plug.
  • Reduces the stack height 4” for every two elbows (a 20% reduction).

Richards Network Protectors

  • All make and model Network Protectors available.
  • 800A to 5200A, 125/216V, 277/480V, 347/600V and other voltages available.
  • Richards is the largest provider of Network Protectors in the world!

Electric Products

Overhead/Underground Transmission and Distribution

  • Utility products for overhead and underground transmission and distribution.
  • A wide selection of standard electrical products, reflecting many years of engineering and manufacturing excellence.
  • Flexibility: non-standard and specialty products are often designed, manufactured and tested to meet our customers' requirements.

Network Communications

  • Richards & ETI have automated hundreds of network protectors across the country and around the world!
  • DNP 3.0 protocol in the relay can connect to any existing Wide Area Network.
  • Contact us for more information.

Trust Richards Manufacturing for all your utility needs.

Richards has proudly served the utility industry since 1945, earning the respect of customers and competitors alike.

To have remained successful after all these years, in a demanding and competitive industry, is no simple task. It takes a lot of hard work, starting with our CEO, who oversees operations everyday…and finishing with the individuals on the production lines, who carefully craft every Richards product. They all share one common focus: satisfying the needs of you, our customer. You want reliability — we manufacture top-quality products that exceed your expectations. You want flexibility — Richards designs, manufactures, and tests many non-standard and specialty products to meet our customers' requirements. Most of all, you want a trusted partner and you can always rely on Richards to assist you with any problem or emergency in the field.