Cressall – power resistors designed and manufactured in the UK for a global market
With more than 100 years’ experience designing and manufacturing resistors in the UK, Cressall can supply high power resistors for use in:
- Electricity generation, transmission and distribution
- Renewable energy
- Marine and offshore electrical systems
- High power electrical testing
- Rail traction
- Drives and Automation
- Telecoms
- Oil and Gas

Our equipment is used in some of the most demanding locations around the world for applications such as:
- Neutral earthing resistors for MV and HV electrical supplies
- Dynamic braking resistors for braking inverters and motors
- Portable load banks for testing batteries, generators and UPS systems
- High voltage filter resistors for SVC, capacitor damping networks and HVDC applications
- Load banks for load testing diesel generators and large gas turbines
- Pre-insertion resistors for transformers and high voltage networks
- Braking resistors, control resistors and trackside resistors for rail traction



