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All Furse CPDs below conform with the following:
Duration: CPDs last on average ½ day unless stated otherwise
Accreditation: CIBSE
New Standards in Lightning Protection: Electronic Systems Protection - Electrical
Seminar Description:
This course offers a background to the causes and effects of lightning and the disastrous effects that it can have upon business continuity and systems. In addition, we provide you with the major implications of the new BS EN 62305 standard to your business.
The course detail includes:
- Lightning protection levels and characteristics
- Secondary lightning effects / transient over-voltages
- The problems transients cause and why protection is required
- Summary of the main differences between BS EN 62305 and BS 6651
- Risk Assessment
- Lightning Protection Zones (LPZs)
- Where to Protect
- Key Requirements for a Surge Protection Device (SPD)
New Standards in Lightning Protection: Structural Protection - Electrical
Seminar Description:
The new British Standards for lightning protection has substantial implications for risk assessment and equipment selection. This course will take you through the criteria and the process of complex assessments that will have to be undertaken.
The course detail includes:
- Lightning protection levels and characteristics
- Summary of the main differences between BS EN 62305 and BS 6651
- Introduction to the risk assessment
- Definitions of the classes of structural lightning protection systems
- The application of surge protection devices in protecting structures
- Isolated and non-isolated systems
- Designing an air termination using the protective angle, rolling sphere and mesh method
- Down conductor systems
- Earth-termination systems
Courses take the format of an interactive presentation, and last approximately half a day, depending on client requirements. Questions and discussion are encouraged throughout. Literature will be provided to take away.
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