Eric Boettcher of UL

Training for  high level lightning protection overview intended to provide a basic understanding. This 1 hour course does not get too in depth with design or installation of the systems Q&A at the end of the presentation and as always contact information provided for on-going questions or assistance.

Biography:

Eric Boettcher is the Senior Technical Advisor and UL field service Primary Field Engineer (PFE) for UL’s lightning protection inspection services. Eric is also part of the UL Field Evaluation team and with a background and expertise in Low Voltage Power Distribution equipment, Medium Voltage electrical equipment, and Engine Generators. Eric joined UL in 1996 and has had several roles starting in Conformity Assessment Services (engineering) working on power distribution equipment, fuses, circuit breakers, heating elements, wire connectors, and others. A move in late 2000 to the Field Evaluation team made for a wide variety of evaluating electrical equipment in varying environments. Eric was introduced to the lighting protection team in 2003 and started performing inspections of installed systems at that time and in 2009 joined the lighting protection team as the technical advisor for US domestic and international installations. Eric has been involved with the UL96/UL96A Standards Technical Panel (STP) since 2009, the NFPA780 Technical Committee since 2010 and currently holds UL’s alternate committee seat for NFPA780, is on the IEC 62305 USNC Technical Committee 81, Maintenance Team 8 since 2019, and the CSA B72 Technical Committee since 2019. Eric holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Email:

Address:333 Pfingsten Rd, , Northbrook, Illinois, United States, 60062