Course Description:
This Hands-On 1-Day course addresses telecommunications Central Office construction, routine maintenance and trouble isolation related to bonding grounding and noise mitigation.
The Outside Plant Bonding Grounding training course is a pre-requisite for this course.
This course is intended to provide the student with an understanding of electrical sources that could injure people or damage equipment. Proper Central Office bonding grounding of Central Office equipment for the protection of people from injury and equipment from damage due to foreign voltage and current originating from lightning and commercial AC power outside the Central Office. Covering procedures to minimize the effects and the proper test procedures to determine the integrity of the Central Office grounding system.
References for this training course are the National Electrical Code (NEC) and Rural Utility Service (RUS) documents.
Students Will Learn:
- Explain the causes and effects of lightning and commercial AC power on the Central Office.
- Explain proper Central Office bonding grounding techniques.
- Effectively test the Central Office ground system and ground grid for proper installation and operation.
- And much more
Course Length:
1 Day
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