Lightning Protection Systems Training
Substation Relay Protection Training
Our customized live online or in‑person group training can be delivered to your staff at your location.
- Live Online
- 12 hours Instructor-led
- Group Training Available
Lightning Protection Systems Training delivers live, instructor-led guidance on grounding, surge protection, NEC considerations, and risk mitigation for cell towers, broadcast antennas, coaxial cabling, tower lighting systems, maintenance, and compliance.
Key Points
A live online course on grounding, surge protection, and NEC-based risk mitigation for wireless and broadcast sites.
✅ Grounding, bonding, and surge suppression best practices
✅ NEC context for towers, antennas, and coax systems
✅ Risk assessment, earthing design, and maintenance checks
The Electricity Forum has organized a Lightning Protection Systems Training Course this Fall, as part of a broader curriculum that includes VFD drive training for maintenance professionals. Our 12-Hour live online instructor-led course is focused at companies who own or maintain wireless communications and broadcast towers and their antennas.
September 24-25 , 2020 - 10:00 am - 4:30 pm ET
Lightning damage to equipment results in losses exceeding twenty-six billion dollars annually in North America, and nearly three times that worldwide with more than 150 strikes per second. Insurance payout resulting from lightning damage, accounts for approximately 6.5 per cent of all industrial, commercial and institutional property and casualty claims, and following storm safety tips can help reduce risk. Ironically, lightning damage to equipment can be all but totally prevented.
Special lightning protection systems prevent damage and are simple, very reliable, and inexpensive, particularly when compared to the cost of equipment repair and replacement, as well as the possible consequences of harm to personnel. However, methods for lightning special protection cannot be found in the code books, i.e.; Mational Electrical Code (NEC) such as NEC 250 grounding and bonding requirements that inform safe installations.
For reference, the industry looks to grounding guidelines that help prevent electrical disasters and improve lightning resilience.
In less than 20 years, cellular mobile towers have proliferated on every continent, and are perfect lightning targets! To a lesser extent, AM, FM, and TV towers have also sprouted, sometimes sharing with cell systems. Not only are the towers at lightning risk, but also the cellular, broadcast, and communications antennas mounted on them, a fact underscored by a record-setting lightning bolt spanning multiple states. At risk too, are the attached cell site equipment, radio transmitters, coaxial cables, and tower light systems.
This Lightning Protection Systems Training course provides a general review of protection schemes and their impact on various industries. Strategies for mitigating damage and improving overall equipment performance are discussed, and related electric motor testing training supports predictive maintenance initiatives across facilities.
Professionals responsible for critical infrastructure also benefit from substation maintenance training to strengthen reliability under severe weather conditions.
Complete Course Details Here:
https://electricityforum.com/electrical-training/lightning-protection-systems-training
