You can find additional information in two other NFPA documents: NFPA 99, “Standard for Health Care Facilities” and NFPA 101, “Life Safety Code.” As with most any type of electrical system, grounding ...

The author is national program manager for Copper Development Association Inc. Proper grounding and bonding in radio and television stations are vital to improving uptime, equipment life and ...

Fig. 1. A supply-side bonding jumper is a conductor on the supply side or within a service to ensure the electrical conductivity between metal parts required to be electrically connected. Because of ...

Grounding in the broadcast plant is a topic as old as the business itself. Protecting equipment and operations from potential damage caused by lightning is of vital importance when the use of proper ...

For starters, the term "ground" refers to a conductive body, which is typically the earth. The act of "grounding" means creating a low-resistance path between an electrical circuit or equipment to ...

Bonding means connecting to establish electrical continuity. When the frayed hot wire hits the metal frame of the washing ...

In this final installment of a series of articles aimed at helping broadcasters protect their installations from powerline and lightning-induced surges, we focus on the importance of electrical ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology for the virtual seminar: Grounding, Bonding, and Shielding by John McCloskey, Chief Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineer at ...