Pre-Conference Workshop: Substation Grounding and Bonding
Cost: $250.00
The Substation Grounding and Bonding course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of grounding principles to ensure worker safety and equipment reliability in substations. The course begins with an overview of relevant rules, regulations, and standards, emphasizing the importance of grounding and its effects on the human body. Key topics include protective grounding practices, such as testing before grounding, mechanical connections, and resistance, along with grounding methods like bracket, source, and multi-point grounding. Participants will also learn how to establish an Equipotential Zone (EPZ) to protect workers from step and touch potentials and explore equipment grounding strategies.
Instructor: Mark Forster, CUSP
Special Guest Instructor: Brent Jeffries
Introduction to Grounding in Substations
- ➤ Overview of rules, regulations, and standards
- ➤ Importance of grounding for worker safety and equipment reliability
Electricity’s Effects on the Human Body
- ➤ Key factors affecting the human body
- ➤ Three ways electricity affects the human body
Protective Grounding in Substations
- ➤ Purpose of Grounding
- ➤ Mechanical Connections and Resistance
- ➤ Testing Before Grounding
Grounding Methods
- ➤ Bracket grounding
- ➤ Source grounding
- ➤ Multi-point grounding
Equipotential Zone (EPZ) in Substations:
- ➤ How to establish an EPZ
- ➤ Protecting workers from step and touch potentials
• Equipment Grounding in Substations