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Maximizing the Accuracy of Your Earthing Software Results

Want to get accurate results from your earthing software?

Hugh takes us on a dive into some of the common problems encountered when using earthing software of any kind, understand the problems around software selection and limitations, how built-in debugging tools can make your life easier, why the debugging tools are necessary and how to fix these issues if you come across them. If you missed it, you can watch a replay of the webinar here.

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Fear of Lightning Frequency Increase

Lightning frequency increase…very few consider that they or their assets will be struck by lightning. People relegate the threat of lightning to chance and are confident it will not affect them. This is a mentality that may come back to haunt them if new scientific research is correct.

Lightning! Incredible to view, frustrating to be affected by and fatal in proximity. We take a look at the beauty, strength and danger of lightning.

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Electrical Earthing & Lightning Protection For Data Centres

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Electrical Earthing Protection for Data centres barely existed thirty years ago. But, in the past few years, they have become essential to the functioning of virtually every large business. And professional organisation.

Very little commercial or administrative activity can take place if the computers are out of action. So, every minute of data centre downtime can have severe consequences for a firm’s profitability. Also, crucially, its reputation. Therefore, sound Electrical Earthing Protection can help to ensure that frequent but unpredictable events. Such as lightning strikes. And power surges do not cause data loss. As well as, severe and lasting damage to sensitive data centre equipment. Therefore, electrical earthing is a matter of vital importance.

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Marine Lightning Protection

Have you ever wondered what is the best protection from lightning when out at sea? We take a look at the specific challenges, the magnitude and frequency of energy involved, the risks to consider, and how to mitigate them. If you missed it, you can watch a replay of the Marine Lightning Protection webinar here.

Hello, and welcome. Thank you all for coming.

For those that are new here. My name is Ian Griffiths, I’m the Principal Consultant here at GreyMatters. We’re passionate about protecting life from the harmful effects of high voltage, which in this case includes lightning. That’s either by design in what we do on a day-to-day basis, but also in the seminars by education.

So, the series of webinars that we do is, we try and unpick topics that don’t have obvious answers. And today, as the title suggests, we’re covering marine lightning protection. Interestingly, in researching this, there’s an amazing lack of material out there covering this topic. So hopefully, we aim to unpick some of the principles and an awareness point, way. So, let’s dive in.

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Chem-Rods Solution to Nordic Earthing Challenge

In electrical terms, the geologies found in the Nordic region can seem a tough nut to crack.  It is no surprise that there are some unique difficulties with earthing power systems in this region. Could Chem-Rods be the answer?

Igneous rock types such as granite make the soil resistivity much higher than in other parts of Europe. As a result, large sums of money can be thrown into compliant earthing designs. There is now an additional string to the earthing armoury – chem-rods!

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