Power System Studies and ArcFlash
Power System Studies and ArcFlash
(OP)
Who can legally perform power systems and arcflash studies?
Can they be performed by technicians who will then use the study results to set protective relays and select fuses.
Can they be performed by technicians who will then use the study results to set protective relays and select fuses.





RE: Power System Studies and ArcFlash
Seems to me, and I'm not a sparky, that something of this nature would require engineering involvement for public protection.
RE: Power System Studies and ArcFlash
Only qualified and "experienced" engineers and some laws may require PE license. It requires special engineering skills and experience. Coordination/ arc flash is as much an art as science and always a trade off between selectivity, degree of protection of equipment and personnel safety.
It is much more than just putting some data in a software and spitting our reports.
Technicians without engineering degrees? I would say No.
Regards,
Rafiq
Rafiq Bulsara
http://www.srengineersct.com
RE: Power System Studies and ArcFlash
Legal issues are tough to answer in an international forum without any clue to what law you are operating under.
RE: Power System Studies and ArcFlash
Alan
"The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is." Unk.
RE: Power System Studies and ArcFlash
Rafiq Bulsara
http://www.srengineersct.com
RE: Power System Studies and ArcFlash
That this type of work is routinely completed by non-engineers is ample indication of how neutered our engineering Boards and the profession itself really are.