Rescheduled Meeting: History of Grounding/Earthing Practices in the United States

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The history of using the earth as an electrical conductor for man-made electricity for the past 270 years is detailed in this paper. In the beginning, man-made electricity used the earth, the surface of the terrestrial ball we live on, as a conductor to return the continuous flowing electric current back to the source for 140 years.
Edison realized that using the earth as an electrical conductor presented a health hazard to humans and animals. For a brief quarter of a century the earth was not used as a conductor for continuously flowing man-made electricity. In hindsight, one could reach the conclusion that the lack of knowledge of man-made electricity allowed what seemed to be the correct action at the time, later would prove to be harmful to the human race and other animals.
The fascinating history of using the earth for 270 years for conducting man-made electricity has a bright future.


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  • Date: 27 Mar 2018
  • Time: 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
  • All times are (GMT-05:00) US/Eastern
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  • 9th & Hamilton Streets
  • Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • United States
  • Building: PPL_EU Auditorium (enter PPL Tower Building on west side of 9th Street)
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  • Parking is available on the street and also in the Allentown Parking Authority Walnut Deck behind the hotel across the street from PPL_EU.

  • Starts 19 March 2018 10:00 PM
  • Ends 26 March 2018 11:59 PM
  • All times are (GMT-05:00) US/Eastern
  • No Admission Charge

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Donald W. Zipse Donald W. Zipse

 

Biography:

Donald W. Zipse (S'58-M'62-SM'89-F’94-LF’97) graduated from the Wil­liamson Free School of Mechanical Trades with honors where he gained practical experi­ence in electrical construction and in power plant operation. He received his electrical engineering degree from the Univer­sity of Delaware and went to work for Cutler-Hammer as an area sales engineer. He spent 16 years with ICI America, Inc in their Central Engineering Depart­ment as a companywide electrical specialist.

   For the next 14 years, he was with the FMC Corpora­tion in their Engi­nee­ring Service organiza­tion, func­tioning as an Electri­cal Engineer­ing Con­sultant, re­sponsible for providing elec­trical design of new facili­ties and consulting service to the total worldwide corpo­ration, both chemical and mechanical groups.

   He is a registered Professional Engineer. He repre­sents the IEEE on the National Electrical Code Mak­ing Panel #19, Agriculture, previously #14, Hazard­ous Locations. He has served on the Lightning Standard NFPA 780 and is a member of the International Association of Electrical Inspec­tors. He serves on the National Electrical Safety Code Ground­ing Subcom­mittee.

   He has served on many IEEE committees, partici­pated in the color books (IEEE Recommended Practice), and stan­dards groups, includ­ing the Standards Board and the Standards Board’s Review Committee. He is a member of the IEEE COMAR, Commit­tee on Man and Radia­tion and Standards Correlating Commit­tee #28, International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES). Mr. Zipse received the Standards Medal­lion for his work in and promoting standards.

He has pub­lished countless technical papers on such diverse and controversial sub­jects as Unity Plus Motors, Computers, Neutral to Ground Faults, NEC Wire Ta­bles, Health Effects of Electrical and Magnetic Fields, Measuring Electrical and Magnetic Fields, Lightning Protection Systems: Advantages and Disadvantages, the NESC and the NEC: Are They Dangerous to Your Health? Electrical Shock Hazard Due To Stray Current, Grounding: The Good, The Bad and the Stupid and has par­ticipated on National Electrical Code panels and in teaching the Code.

He was President of Zipse Electrical Engineering, Inc., an electrical forensic engineering consulting firm, founded in 1993. He has been primarily involved as a forensic engineer and expert witness in cases resulting from electrical accidents and electrocutions. Since 2001 he has been involved in legal cases concerning stray current involving humans and dairy cows. He is now President of Electrical Forensics, LLC.




Agenda

Meeting starts with networking at 4PM.  The presentation will start promptly at 4:30
There will be a half hour break at 5:30 with refreshments.
Please note under special requests if you wish to receive a certificate for 2 PDH's.  IEEE membership is required for a certificate.  You must include your IEEE member number, if you are a PES member, and e-mail.