Surge Protection Device Seminar

You no longer have to pay those high travel expenses to get required CEUs. Our educational seminar is presented several times a year at various locations throughout the United States. For groups of 10 or more attendees, we will bring the seminar to your facility.

5-Hour Seminar

The five hour seminar runs from 8 AM to 1 PM, includes lunch and covers all eight sections listed below. Attendees are eligible for .5 IEEE Continuing Education Units or 5 Professional Development Hours.

6-Hour Seminar

The six hour seminar runs from 9 AM to 4 PM with a 1 hour break for lunch and covers all eight sections listed below with expanded information, more in depth discussion and additional testing of various manufacturers' units. Attendees are eligible for .6 IEEE Continuing Education Units or 6 Professional Development Hours.

At least 30 states currently require continuing education for Professional Engineers. The five-hour and six-hour courses are certified for continuing education credits through the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for .5 and .6 CEUs respectively.

CEU credits issued by IEEE Continuing Education
"The IEEE has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Traning (IACET). In obtaining this approval, the IEEE has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standards which are widely recognized as standards of good practice internationally. As a result of their Authorized Provider membership status, IEEE is authorized to offer IACET CEUS for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/ IACET Standards." IACET CEU Provider #1255

Registration Information

Please contact Surge Suppression Incorporated at 1-888-987-8877 or e-mail to tbutcher@surgesuppression.com for available dates and fees.

SPD & Power Quality Seminar

We have been presenting this seminar, with periodic updates, for the last 24 years. Previous attendees have included electrical engineers, consulting engineers, plant managers, maintenance directors, power company engineers, corporate executives, information system directors, electronic technicians, facility operations managers and many others from varying levels of management and operations in all types of commercial and industrial environments.

The Surge Suppression Incorporated seminar is a professionally recognized course that consists of eight sections:

Section 1. The Transient Environment

The first section discusses what transients are and where they originate. The magnitude and frequency of both external and internal transients are examined.

Section 2. Effects on Your Equipment

The second section looks at what happens when the transients get to your equipment. We will talk about the types of damage and how they effect operations.

Section 3. SPD Design

The third section examines the design of surge suppression devices and how they differ from one manufacturer to another. The different levels of protection and warranties are also discussed.

Section 4. The ANSI/UL 1449-2006 Standard

The fourth section discusses the changes to the UL 1449 Standard with the implementation of the new ANSI/UL 1449-2006 Standard (UL 1449 3rd Edition) on September 29, 2009.

Section 5. Product Specifications

The fifth section explains the terms used on standard specification sheets and what they really mean in relation to actual performance. You will learn the four key pieces of information that will tell you what you need to know about a surge suppressor.

Section 6. System Survey & Design

The sixth section discusses how to provide the best protection in the most efficient and economical manner. We walk through a distribution system and show how the proper placement of SPD units provides the level of protection required at each stage of the system.

Section 7. Application Results

The seventh section examines actual results from several installations. Documented protection, repair and replacement histories are shown for industrial and commercial applications.

Section 8. Comparison SPD Testing

The last section is the actual comparison testing of SPDs. We use a surge generator capable of producing up to 6,000 volts and 3,000 amps in a single surge. We will vary the voltage and current to conform to industry standard ANSI/IEEE C62.41 and C62.45 to conduct standard testing on a range of products. We also invite you to bring any SPD unit you are currently using to the seminar. We will conduct true comparison testing on your unit so that you can get an idea of how it actually performs. You will see actual scope traces of the let-through voltages for each product tested.

One Hour seminar without testing: Condensed versions of sections 1 through 7. Not certified for CEUs.

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Please contact Surge Suppression Incorporated at 1-888-987-8877 or e-mail to tbutcher@surgesuppression.com for available dates and fees.

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