• DocumentCode
    1453671
  • Title

    Long-duration surge testing of lightning arresters

  • Author

    Howard, S. B. ; Carpenter, T. J. ; Schwartz, Harry

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Company, Pittsfield, Mass.
  • Volume
    71
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1952
  • fDate
    7/1/1952 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    596
  • Lastpage
    596
  • Abstract
    A METHOD OF long-duration surge-withstand design testing of station-type lightning arresters is proposed for consideration by the industry. The test method involves successive applications of a surge having an essentially constant magnitude and a duration measured in thousands of microseconds.
  • Keywords
    Arresters; Discharges (electric); Laboratories; Lightning; Standards; Surges;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1952.6437577
  • Filename
    6437577