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DESCRIPTION:This Workshop is intended for electricians\, engineers\, design
 ers\, project managers\, and contractors because it will describe and disc
 uss the following information:\n\n- · The National Electrical Code (NEC) 
 requires electrical systems to be effectively grounded.\n- · However\, ef
 fective grounding is poorly understood\, even by engineers\, because soils
  are not understood and a soil resistance test is seldom performed.\n- · 
 Soil types such as loam\, sand\, gravel\, rocky soil\, shallow soil over b
 edrock\, and bare rock each require different approaches to achieve an eff
 ective electrical grounding\n- · Particular attention will be given to me
 thods for designing effective grounding in poor soils and on rock.\n- ·  
 Soil resistance which is measured with 3-point resistance testing will be 
 explained and demonstrated by\n-\n-\n-\n-\n\n- · There are 7 NEC approved
  methods of grounding electrodes\, with concrete encased electrodes being 
 the best\, and 3 types of electrodes forbidden.\n- · Lightning protection
  grounding practices are very similar to electrical grounding but do have 
 some differences in requirements and practices.\n- · Lightning protection
  grounding requirements and practices are presented in National Fire Prote
 ction Association (NFPA) standard 780 while the NEC is NFPA 70E. However\,
  grounding on bare rock such as a mountain top requires some unusual pract
 ices.\n\nDuring this presentation\, questions are encouraged and may even 
 be required. Attendees will be sent a certificate for 7 Professional Devel
 opment Hours (PDH) after the session.\n\nCo-sponsored by: James Mercier\n\
 nSpeaker(s): James Mercier\, \n\nAgenda: \nFriday March 27\, 9 am to 5 pm 
 including breaks and lunch.\n\nSee the [Effective Electrical Grounds in Po
 or Soils Flyer](https://drive.google.com/open?id=18_3-B2C4ECznXhw5u3j-a_tR
 QhzueNqu&amp;usp=drive_fs).\n\nThe Hotel can be booked through the [2026 R5 Co
 ngress website](https://r5conferences.org/attendees/venue-travel/).\n\nRoo
 m: Bear Creek - 2nd Floor\, Limelight Hotel\, 1295 University Ave\, Boulde
 r\, South Dakota\, United States\, 80302
LOCATION:Room: Bear Creek - 2nd Floor\, Limelight Hotel\, 1295 University A
 ve\, Boulder\, South Dakota\, United States\, 80302
ORGANIZER:chair@r5conferences.org
SEQUENCE:21
SUMMARY:Workshop - Effective Electrical Grounds in Poor Soils in Boulder
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542535
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 pan&gt;Attendees will be sent a certificate for 7 Professional Development Ho
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