Jonathan Woodworth of ArresterWorks

The presentation will cover the following aspects of distribution circuit protection. The presentation as well as the numerous excel based calculators demonstrated will be downloadable after the presentation.

• Distribution Transformer Protection
  • Margin of Protection Calculations
  • TOV Considerations
  • Lead Length Considerations
• Distribution Line Protection
  • Dispelling the 4/mile myth
  • Externally Gapped Arrester
  • Outage Rate Calculations
  • Shielding vs Arrester Protection
• Open Point Protection
• Capacitor Shunt Bank Protection
• Underground Circuit Protection
  • Effect of Endpoint and Midpoint Arresters
• Industrial Distribution System Protection
• Underbuilt Circuit Protection
• Wildlife Protection on Distribution Systems
• Protecting Spacer Cable Systems
  • Ineffectiveness of Arresters

Biography:

Jonathan Woodworth is a veteran power system engineer with a focus in surge protection of power systems. He entered the power system world in 1979 as a test engineer for McGraw Edison in Olean NY where arresters were designed and manufactured. He remained with McGraw Edison which later became Cooper Power Systems until 2007. During his tenure there, he had the privilege of working as an arrester designer, test engineer, marketing manager and design engineering manager. In 2008, he and his business and life partner Deborah Limburg founded ArresterWorks, an international consulting company with a focus on Surge Protection of Power Systems. As consultants in the industry, they are involved in all aspects of surge protection from design, testing, forensics, lightning studies and much more.