10 Design Features for Electrical Safety

Jeffrey R. Jowett, MeggerColumns, Summer 2019 Columns, Tech Tips

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA®) revised its NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace in 2018 “to assist OSHA in preparing an electrical safety standard that would serve OSHA’s needs and that could be expeditiously promulgated through the provisions of…the Occupational Safety and Health Act.” Responsible electrical test instrumentation manufacturers accept 70E as a valuable guideline as …

Computer-Based Technology for Ground Testing

Jeffrey R. Jowett, MeggerColumns, Spring 2019 Columns, Tech Tips

Since its inception in the early 20th century, testing grounded electrodes has been grounded on one technique and technology only: Fall of Potential. The test instrument made contact with the earth through long leads and driven probes, injected a current between the electrode being tested and a remote probe, and measured the voltage drop caused by earth resistance to another …