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Long lengths of eritech, Ericore downconductor – ERICO 3000 ERITECH SYSTEM User Manual

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INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL

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Long Lengths of ERITECH

®

ERICORE

Downconductor

Most installations can be conducted with a

single ERITECH

®

ERICORE downconductor

cable as described earlier in this manual.
However, where the installation involves
a long single length of ERITECH

®

ERICORE

cable, additional measures may need to be
taken to help ensure that the voltage build
up on the cable during a lightning strike
will not be excessive.

Before considering these measures, it
needs to be determined if the cable is
too long to run in a single uninterrupted
length. The flowchart in Figure 33 allows
this to be determined. Starting with the
proposed ERITECH

®

ERICORE length as

indicated in the LPSD design, follow the
chart to the appropriate outcome. If a sin-
gle length of ERITECH ERICORE is accept-
able, no further consideration is required.

Proposed ERITECH

®

ERICORE length

Determine the thunderday level at

the proposed installation site.

Figure 33: Determination of maximum single ERITECH ERICORE length.