Electrical Safety of Low-Voltage Systems

Electrical Safety of Low-Voltage Systems offers you a comprehensive safety regimen, based on the fundamental characteristics of low-voltage electrical systems. Fully explaining the grounding and bonding of low-voltage systems as they relate to article 250 of the National Electrical Code®, this essential safety tool provides an analytical approach to accident control to replace the haphazard rules of thumb currently in use. 352pp.

Table of Contents:

• Definitions and Nomenclature
• Principles of Electrical Safety
• The Ground Resistance
• Human Body, Electrical Currents, and Bonding Requirements
• TT Grounding System
• TN Grounding System
• Shock Hazard in the Presence of Protective Residual Current Devices
• Protective Bonding Conductors: Are they always necessary?
• Sizing Protective Conductors
• Protection Against Indirect Contact without Automatic Disruption of Supply
• Protection Against Indirect Contacts in Substations
• Safety Issues in Interfacing with Electrical Voltage Systems at Different Power Levels