TRAINING COURSE:
Cable Fault Locating, Part 2 (Radar)
Course Category: Transmission and Distribution
Course description: Cable Fault Locating (Radar), Part 2 is designed to familiarize participants with equipment and basic procedures for prelocating and pinpointing faults in underground cables using radar cable fault locators. At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to explain the basic concepts of prelocating a cable fault, and should be able to describe how to prelocate a cable fault using the arc reflection method. They should also be able to describe how to pinpoint the location of a cable fault after it has been prelocated.
Course syllabus:
- Basic Concepts of Prelocation
- Define the term “prelocation”
- Describe the benefits of prelocating a cable fault
- Describe how to prelocate a cable fault using the arc reflection method
- Prelocating a Cable Fault
- Identify the equipment commonly used to prelocate a cable fault
- Describe a procedure for prelocating a cable fault using the arc reflection method
- Locating a Cable Fault
- Briefly describe the basic concepts of locating a cable fault
- Identify the equipment commonly used to locate a cable fault
- Describe a procedure commonly used to locate a cable fault
*This course is discounted for NATE members.
