• DocumentCode
    1421244
  • Title

    Experience with preventive lightning protection on transmission lines

  • Author

    Waldorf, S. K.

  • Author_Institution
    Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, Baltimore, Md.
  • Volume
    60
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1941
  • fDate
    6/1/1941 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    249
  • Lastpage
    254
  • Abstract
    Footing resistances for transmission line towers must be low for good operation, but it appears that no benefit results from reducing them below a certain limiting value characteristic of a given construction. This is because flashover can apparently be caused not only by excessive footing resistance drop, but also by the reactive drop accompanying rapid rates of current rise when tower currents are large.
  • Keywords
    Arresters; Flashover; Insulation; Lightning protection; Poles and towers; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1941.6432143
  • Filename
    6432143