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Grounding Fundamentals
Date: Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Location: SRP Information Services Building (ISB), 1600 N Priest Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281
Speaker: John Howard, Lyncole
Topic: "Grounding Fundamentals"
Grounding - Importance, relationship to surge suppression & lightning protection
Typical Performance Requirement - NEC/Telcom/Data Center/Medical/Microchip Fab Tools, etc
Ground System Design - How to achieve 5 ohms, or?
Grounding Electrode Choices - Driven Rods/XITs/Bldg Steel/Water Pipe, etc - Pros/Cons
Ground System Resistance - What resistance???
Proper Ground System Testing - The Methods and Why 95%+ of all testing is invalid
Speaker Bio:
John Howard has been a member of the Lyncole team since 1991. He has held positions in manufacturing, operations, engineering, sales and marketing. During a 22-year Navy career he made submarine patrols and was an instructor and supervisor at Naval Submarine School and Naval Guided Missiles School. His last position was as the Navy’s Technical Representative at Rockwell International for the Strategic Systems Program.
John is a frequent speaker at conferences and companies on grounding system design and proper testing. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Charter Oak College, Hartford CT.
