TUESDAY

7:30 to 8:00AM - Registration - Text Material

8:00 to 12:00 Noon - Classroom

Underground cable construction, cable insulations, termination construction and types

Introduction to cable testing

Fault location theory and procedures –thumping, radar, arc reflection, and earth gradient

12:00 to 12:45PM - Lunch

1:00 to 5:00PM - Field Site

Set up of equipment, safety, circuit isolation, and circuit connection

Fault locating with thumpers and using arc reflection method in small teams on actual cable runs located at various stations

Demonstration of testing and cable fault location with modular Model C

WEDNESDAY

8:00 to 12:00 Noon - Classroom

Fault location case histories Current impulse method

Lightning Arrestors Installation, Criteria for cable replacement

Sectionalizing using arc reflection method.

Introduction to fault analysis

Fault sample evaluation.

12:00 to 1:00PM - Lunch

1:00 to 5:00PM - Field Site

Individual arc reflection practice using radar

Arc reflection practice at various test stations using radar, earth gradient locating.

A Sectionalzing demonstration at the test field.

Presentation of certificates and conclusion.

The VON Corporation, P.O. Box 110096, 1038 Lomb Avenue SW Birmingham, AL 35211 (205)788-2437