Excellence in Earthing
This article is intended to provide a brief overview and of earthing in underground coal mines, and the practicalities and requirement of separation. For a general description and introduction to earthing, read the Introduction To Electrical Earthing article. For a guide to applying the most appropriate testing methodology to assess your earthing system read the…
AS4853 electrical hazard assessment
This article is intended to provide a brief overview and of earthing in underground coal mines, and the practicalities and requirement of separation. For a general description and introduction to earthing, read the Introduction To Electrical Earthing article. For a guide to applying the most appropriate testing methodology to assess your earthing system read the…
This article is intended to provide a brief overview and methodology of the application of Current Injection Testing to earthing system assessment. For a general description and introduction to earthing, read the Introduction To Electrical Earthing article. For a guide to applying the most appropriate testing methodology to assess your earthing system read the Application…
Third party interference is the term used to describe electrical hazards from electrical transmission and distribution assets causing voltages and currents on nearby assets owned by third party utilities, these may include: Low Frequency Induction (LFI) onto parallel metallic objects such as fences, conveyors, pipelines, telecommunications cables Electrostatic Induction onto metallic objects placed (unearthed) beneath HV…
This article is intended to provide a brief overview and methodology of the application of Current Injection Testing to earthing system assessment. For a general description and introduction to earthing, read the Introduction To Electrical Earthing article. For a guide to applying the most appropriate testing methodology to assess your earthing system read the Application…
For a general description and introduction to earthing, read the article Introduction to Electrical Earthing. This article gives and introduction to common bonded vs separated electrical earthing systems. Earthing systems may be stand-alone (with no other metallic connections), or they may be connected together to a form a larger, common bonded earthing system. With the…
For a general description and introduction to grounding, read the Introduction To Grounding article on this site. This guide to Grounding System Testing is intended to help address the following: How to test an electrical grounding system What test method is best Testing Options This article will briefly discuss the following test methods commonly associated…
This article will give an introduction to electrical earthing (or grounding). In order to understand what earthing is and the role it plays in a power system, its important to first appreciate power systems faults and the hazards they can cause. Electrical Hazards Around Substations It is generally known that electricity presents an inherent risk to…