Levi Zeigler

Why Are Most Ground Rods Installed Wrong?

Installing ground rods and electrodes.
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Information Technology Equipment (ITE) Maintenance Awareness (Part 1)

When personnel safety, power quality, surge protection, and lightning protection is unaddressed prior to installation of ITE equipment, there is little hope for success no matter what ITE equipment maintenance plan chosen.
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Information Technology Equipment (ITE) Maintenance Awareness (Part 2)

All maintenance staff should have access to a record of equipment manufacturer bulletins and instructions. Only modern testing equipment, good tools, and the latest methods should be used. The following organizations have good reference material for
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Information Technology Equipment (ITE) Challenges

Information Technology Equipment (ITE) challenges
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SOLELY DEPENDING ON THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE IS FROM IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY, OR APATHY

Save time, money and trouble by understanding just what the National Electrical Code is and what it is not.
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Information Needed Before Selecting Any Ac Surge Protection Device(s) (SPDs) For Home or Facility.

Over the years Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1449, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard C62.41, and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61643-1 surge protection terminology has been changing.
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Should Ac/Dc Power Supplies Be Grounded?

Many Ac/Dc power supply manufacturers are not grounding the Dc side of their power supplies. In some cases, the Ac/Dc power supply manufacturer does not offer an option to even ground the Dc side of the power supply. The Ac side of the Ac/Dc power su
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Root Failure Solutions For Commercial or Industrial Electrical Systems 101

The electrical system within any facility is nothing more than a necessary tool that is required to complete just about every task within the facility.
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What Type Of Electrical Protection Device(s) Do I Need?

Electrical protection terminology in the 21st century has many names. Lightning Arrester (LA), Surge Protector Device (SPD), Surge Arrester, Surge Suppressor, and Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor (TVSS) are the most common names used.
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Power Quality Problems Are Not New

They have been around since the time of Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison. In many facilities power quality issues are either ignored, mismanaged or misunderstood. At most facilities whenever electrical equipment fails the process i
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Whose Problem is Dirty Power?

Dirty Power is a Synonym for Poor Power Quality
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Some Lightning and Thunderstorm Information

Do not let lightning strikes cause you or your equipment physical harm
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Why semiconductors and IC Chips fail

How to keep ic chips and semiconductors from failing
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What are the types of grounding systems

What are the different types of grounding systems used for buildings
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Electrical Maintenance - Reactive or Proactive

Companies who have no proactive maintenance are called reactive companies.
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Are the contents of your facility worth protecting from lightning strikes and other power disturbances?

30-40 million business in the United States lose between $26 billion to $280 billion from lightning strikes and other power disturbances each year.
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Lightning Strike Information

What is the typical amperage and voltage levels in a cloud to earth lightning strike?
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Facility Owner and Manager Question. Who Is Really Responsible For Anything?

What Does An Architect Do
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Surge Protective Device (SPD) Information and Advice

Why would any building need any surge protective device (SPD)?
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How and Why - Find Root Causes of Electrical Failures in a Facility

80% of all power quality issues are caused by the facility's equipment and electrical wiring. Seek out subject matter experts to locate the root causes of these issues.
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Potential labor dollars lost at each facility over a 10 -year period just from site power utility outages

Over a 10-year period the electric companies delivers power to customers across the USA an average of 99.5% of the time. However, not all outages require to be reported.
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Lack of Concerns About Bonding, Grounding and Protecting Communication Cables Entering a Facility

Low voltage communication cables can inflict damage on electrical equipment within a facility. The National Electrical Code requires the bonding of these low voltage cables.
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Most Facilities and Homes are Susceptible to Lightning Strikes and Power Surges but What is the Cost

If you believe that your facility or home is protected from lightning strikes, power surges and other power disturbances you are sadly mistaken.
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How to Build a Lifetime Low Resistance and Low Impedance Earth Ground System for any Soil

SPGS uses the National Electrical Code (NEC), NFPA 780, IEEE Standard 142IEEE , 81-2012 as well as other standards to design a lifetime earth ground system.
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Do you really want to know your true cost of equipment outages and downtime?

Naturally, actual downtime cost and downtime history will be different for every company.
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Who Do You Blame When Your Facility Has Equipment Failures, System Failures And Downtime?

Equipment within facilities causes 80% of the equipment failures, system failures and downtime that occur at your facility. 20% is caused by your utility company.
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EMI, RFI, EMC Why do we Still Have These Problems?

EMI, RFI, EMC Why do we Still Have These Problems?
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How to Maintain Communication Equipment Continuity in an Emergency Management Agency

Keeping 911 Centers and Emergency Management Facilities on line all the time
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Ground Potential Rise (GPR) in Pad Mounted Communication Cabinets

A Ground Potential Rise Ground Potential Rise (GPR) in pad-mounted cabinets causes ongoing card failures across the United States.
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EMC Zero Grounding Method (ZM) Introduction

Equipment Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) became an issue with unexplained equipment malfunctions and random cold reboot required
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Holistic Electrical Facility Protection Design

Holistic Electrical Facility Protection Design saves maintenance cost and increases online reliability and reduces outages and downtime.
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