• DocumentCode
    1406553
  • Title

    Studies in lightning protection on 4,000-volt circuits — III

  • Author

    Roper, D. W.

  • Author_Institution
    Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, Ill.
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1932
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    42
  • Abstract
    FOR A NUMBER of years accurate data regarding the causes of lightning failures on distribution lines in the Chicago district and the effect of various methods of reducing these troubles have been kept. For Chicago conditions it appears possible to reduce the total number of transformer troubles annually caused by lightning to less than one per thousand transformers installed, through the adoption of the suggestions below
  • Keywords
    Arresters; Flashover; Insulators; Lightning; Power transformer insulation; Resistance; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1932.6429601
  • Filename
    6429601